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Old 11-29-2007, 12:59 AM   #87
maxk
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Originally Posted by JohnClif View Post
Many people are indeed honest. But, not everyone. When Microsoft put the ability to have their software (Windows, Office, etc.) actually talk to Microsoft Internet servers when running on a connected computer, they discovered that two-thirds of the Microsoft software that was running was pirated. Can you imagine that? Microsoft was losing tens of billions of dollars a year due to piracy. It's easy to understand why they implemented a very robust DRM strategy for their products.
Not sure where you get the idea they have a robust DRM strategy.

Try a bit torrent search for any of their products.

As people keep repeating, an inconvenience for honest paying users, still poses no problems for thieves.
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