Microsoft has announced that the new update for Internet Explorer 7 no longer requires Windows Genuine Advantage validation. This means that users with pirated copies of Windows XP will be able to download the latest IE 7 from Microsoft’s site (assuming they haven’t already downloaded it from somewhere else : ).
Microsoft Program Manager, Steve Reynolds, had this to say on the official announcement:
Because Microsoft takes its commitment to help protect the entire Windows ecosystem seriously, we’re updating the IE7 installation experience to make it available as broadly as possible to all Windows users. With today’s “Installation and Availability Update,” Internet Explorer 7 installation will no longer require Windows Genuine Advantage validation and will be available to all Windows XP users.
At first glance, this would seem like hardcore tactics to erase Firefox from the picture. Another possibility, is that Microsoft is trying to find out how many people use pirated copies of Windows XP.
Source:www.brownbaron.com
LOL :D
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