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From: Justin on 30 Jul 2010 02:44
In article <O#agYR6LLHA.5700(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl>,
"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP(a)gmail.com> wrote:

> You'll find out soon enough!
>
> Justin wrote:
> > In article <#W5ftetLLHA.760(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>,
> > "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Ping piracy(a)microsoft.com, I'm sure they can help you do that.
> >>
> >> Justin wrote:
> >>> In article <OTYzJ5pLLHA.5668(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl>,
> >>> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Hope you sold it for $5.01 kos that's what it was worth.
> >>>>
> >>>> Justin wrote:
> >>>>> I bought another Dell D430 without an Operating system off eBay. I
> >>>>> upgraded the RAM to 2GB. But of course I needed to install Windows.
> >>>>> So
> >>>>> I bought a memory panel with an XP professional COA on it for a whole
> >>>>> $5, put that panel on the laptop and sold it! It works perfectly.
> >>>>> So, how horrible a person am I for stealing from Microsoft?
> >>>>> Should I be purged? Should I turn myself into the Microsoft piracy
> >>>>> gulag?
> >>>>> I feel so guilty. But I think I can live with it.
> >>>
> >>> I should be able to sell the whole unit for >$200 if I ship worldwide.
> >
> > They'll never take me alive!
> > Does Microsoft have a SWAT team?

Yeah, yeah...
From: Justin on 30 Jul 2010 02:55
In article <R8hBXWUNr4QAKeEHgngSY2m_E8G7A9U9(a)feral.llama.ligament>,
Gerben van Sprinkhaan
<dirty.mad-brain'd.rudesby(a)bulbous.kite.and.buzzard> wrote:


> >
> Your message sucks!

Software piracy sucks!
From: Justin on 30 Jul 2010 03:30
In article <pan.2010.07.29.08.38.44.682392(a)stovell.nospam.org.uk>,
Phil Stovell <phil(a)stovell.nospam.org.uk> wrote:

> On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:10:14 -0400, Justin wrote:
>
> > I bought another Dell D430 without an Operating system off eBay. I
> > upgraded the RAM to 2GB. But of course I needed to install Windows. So I
> > bought a memory panel with an XP professional COA on it for a whole $5,
> > put that panel on the laptop and sold it! It works perfectly. So, how
> > horrible a person am I for stealing from Microsoft? Should I be purged?
> > Should I turn myself into the Microsoft piracy gulag?
> > I feel so guilty. But I think I can live with it.
>
> UK suppliers have been billed £2000 by MS for doing that, or a court
> appearance. See uk.adverts.computer, the thread starting below and several
> earlier threads. Some suppliers now install Ubuntu on second hand
> machines, rather than risk the wrath of MS.
>
> Message-ID: <96udndy5tLrKxM3RnZ2dnUVZ8k6dnZ2d(a)giganews.com>

Blimey!
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