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If the endless recursive acronyms weren’t enough to convince you of just how funny and intelligent the FOSS crowd are, the LGA will leave no doubt in your mind.
Did you wake up this morning and say “I wish someone would figure out a way to let me do less with my computer”? You’ve come to the right place!
Yes, installing Linux has that effect. Oh wait, he was making a joke about how Microsoft does business! Tee hee. C’mon, laugh! It’s funny, dammit!
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Gosh, everybody knows it’s GNU/Linux Genuine Advantage, GLGA!
Good chewy fud, this:
“This puts them at the disadvantage of having their computers work normally, without periodically phoning home unannounced to see if it’s OK for their computer to continue functioning.”
Um, that’s not what WGA does, once you’ve confirmed the licence.
“These users are also missing out on the Advantage of paying ongoing licensing fees to ensure their computer keeps operating properly.”
Last time I checked, the lucky recipients of WGA are missing out on the exact same Advantage.
I’ve got no wish to defend WGA, which I think is a ham-fisted marketing effort. But the truth would be nice, occasionally.
BTW, you missed out BiannualForcedDeathMarch™, which I think is appropriate for this FUD.
Don’t phone home. In fact, don’t even bother contacting us. We no longer care. Your six months is up, and we’ve bricked you.
What’s that? You actually want to pay us? Nope, we don’t believe in that business model.
“Linux Genuine Advantage™ is an exciting and mandatory new way for you to place your computer under the remote control of an untrusted third party!”
Last time I checked WGA did nothing but check using hashes whether your product id is legal. If not, messages are displayed, and non-critical patches are no longer provided.
The only change in that was with that recent WAT update, KB971033, which checks now every 90 days for new signatures of WAT bypass methods ( such as license file tampering ) and if such are found, hashes and filenames of such cracks will be transferred to Microsoft. However, it doesn’t even re-validate your Windows, all it does it checking for new cracks based on the updated signatures. Furthermore, this update is neither enforced nor not uninstallable. If you don’t want it, you can uninstall it from the control panel. ( for more info check http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=1788 )
Nevertheless, that site was made before any of such updates was released.
Thanks for the head’s up, DrLoser. It’s now in!
@CHRISTX:
Good catch. It’s also interesting to note that LoonBois assume that the Windows security model is a static point of attack. At no point will they accept that M$ is updating and refining this stuff regularly; often in response to customer and/or industry complaints.
Not at all different to Ubuntu, then.
I thought LGA was VRMS
@DrLoser
Yeah, kinda like Ubuntu, except without breakages every 6 months.
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