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Skriven 2006-06-27 13:30:00 av John Cuccia (1:379/45)
  Kommentar till text 11729 av /m (1:379/45)
Ärende: Re: 1 For Rich (A WGA Notifications Tool Remover)
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From: John Cuccia <jcuccia@bigfoot.com>

On Thu, 22 Jun 2006 16:28:38 -0400, /m <mike@barkto.com> wrote:

>When there are just a fwe solutions, it is easy to keep track of which
>ones are good and which ones are evil.  However, when the number of
>solutions approach dozens or more, then it becomes a lot easier to hide
>spyware and trojeans in the "solutions".
>
>Microsoft's anti-piracy fiasco could morph into yet another chapter in
>Microsoft's ongoing security train wreck.

It appears that MS is going  to piss off the big corps, along with everyone
else:

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060627-7143.html
"Corporate Edition" versions of Windows have been the blessing of both IT
workers and casual pirates since the days of Windows 95, when the operating
system first started asking for a license key on installation. Large firms and
OEMs who did not want to go through the hassle of typing in a CD key for every
install received Volume License Keys (VLKs) that could be used on as many
installs as necessary. Microsoft relied on the honor system to ensure that
companies did not abuse this privilege, but it looks as if with Vista this
system may be ending:

"We are making changes to the process to Vista and a new approach to VLK
licensing," Mike Sievert, corporate vice president of Windows client marketing
for Microsoft told CRN during a recent interview. "We're training our
enterprise customers and we'll do some key management for customers that's more
automated and makes reporting easier."

The exact details of the "new approach" to VLKs haven't been made clear, but
Ward Ralston, a senior technology product manager at Microsoft, has confirmed
that the company is "introducing the notion of a key management server" for
Windows Vista Server. This program will require licensed customers to check in
their keys and Client Access Licenses (CALs) every 30 days, via an automatic
reporting process. The procedure for the Vista client will likely not require a
key management server, but may also "phone home" periodically to report on the
status of various VLK installs.

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