A very valid question though from the text:By Justin Montgomery<http://vista.blorge.com/author/justin-montgomery/>
"Another question that has been raised, is why is it going after users of pirated versions of Windows XP when the software isn't even available any more. Wouldn't they have to go with Vista now instead? It looks to me like it's more of an initiative to get Vista in the hands of users than anything else." Best Regards, HS On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 3:38 PM, Hempal Shrestha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Dear FOSSians, > > Since last few days, I had been observing an message and some taglines that > after Sept 23, 2008, Illegal copies of M$ Windows will be identified and > shown a Black (instead of Blue) Screen of Death. This is a clear indication > of monopolist Imperial IPR regimes spreading its claws to these poor people > and poor economies, denying them thier right to knowledge, education and > livelihood just for thier filthy profits. > > Have you observed such cases in your sorrouding? Starting this morning, > some cases of Black Screen of Death has already been reported to me. So the > message seems to be TRUE. The basic problem starts with blinking of > computer monitor, It turns to Complete Black and they are not allowed to > perform anything. They reported that, the computer worked when they > re-started it, but not sure what will happen next time OR till when they > will be allowed to work on thier own computer. Not sure, when the timebomb > goes on how their work will be hampered. > > Hence, we at FOSS Nepal Community should take note of these barriers to our > right to knowledge and livelihood and act accordingly. The motto is to have > a detailed knowledge about this and educate / motivate people from avoiding > such senario. Best and ultimate, being to suggest / help them to migrate to > FOSS. > > Here are some of the links, which talks about these development in more > detail. > > http://www.openmalaysiablog.com/2008/09/the-black-scree.html > > http://social.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/genuinewindowsxp/thread/f24b14b5-b13a-4724-bb4f-63a8adecfe13/ > http://keznews.com/2385_Microsoft__The_Advantages_of_using_illegal_software > > http://askville.amazon.com/Microsoft-update-fix-Windows-XP-SP3-problems/AnswerViewer.do?requestId=11853992 > > http://vista.blorge.com/2008/08/26/black-screen-coming-for-pirated-windows-users-compliments-of-wga/ > http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/28/2138201 > > > Hope and wish to FOSSify all, > > Best Regards, > > Hempal Shrestha > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ FOSS Nepal mailing list: [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
