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  Microsoft: Bad things happen to firms that use unlicensed Windows
Time: 00:07 EST/05:07 GMT | News Source: WinBeta | Posted By: Kenneth van Surksum

Companies that rely on unlicensed copies of Windows are more likely to experience system failures and lose customer data, Microsoft Corp. said today, citing a company-sponsored report.

According to the research, which was conducted by the Harrison Group Inc. but paid for by Microsoft, mid-sized firms -- those with more than 24 PCs and fewer than 500 -- were 43% more likely to have had a critical system failure lasting more then 24 hours if they used unlicensed Windows.

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#1 By 15406 (216.191.227.68) at 10/1/2008 8:49:11 AM
Sounds dubious to me. Their methodology appears to be just asking for anecdotal evidence from IT people. How do they distinguish the difference between a legal Windows box going down versus an illegal Windows box going down, and the causality? This statement also sounded like guesswork:

"If you're using non-genuine [Windows], there's a high likelihood that whoever put it on the media slipped other things into the code. Actually, I would be surprised if there wasn't something slipped in. So I have no problems with that premise."

A high likelihood? How do you determine that? Do you know anyone who has had this happen? I know many people who have pirated Windows and I'm sure some/most of you do as well. Ever hear of someone pirating Window and getting an embedded nasty? Me neither. I would think that most illegal copies are VLK versions being loaded by small PC makers or internal IT staff.

#2 By 28801 (65.90.202.10) at 10/1/2008 9:09:30 AM
I would tend to agree with your VLK assessment, however, I am extremely careful about cracked software. if someone is bright enough to crack it, they are bright enough to embed a surprise.

#3 By 15406 (216.191.227.68) at 10/1/2008 9:51:05 AM
#2: While I agree with the logic of what you said, I don't think it happens that way in practice. The motivations of the crackers are very different from the malware people. I'm not saying it's impossible; I'm saying it's unlikely.

#4 By 148600 (70.58.191.190) at 10/1/2008 10:39:36 AM
Companies that are too cheap to actually pay for proper licenses don't like to pay for proper equipment, proper backups or proper IT pros to install and maintain the systems.

#5 By 8556 (12.210.39.82) at 10/1/2008 12:19:09 PM
I have not seen any of my business customers bother to load a pirated OS. In fact, I would not work with them if they did. However, consumers are another matter. About 2% of the PCs brought to me for service have pirated XP licenses installed. I inform the customer that I cannot clean out or update their PC. But, I offer to install a legal OEM version of Windows for them, or reinstall XP Home on boxes where boneheaded "friends" or relatives of the PC owner installed the "better" Professional version as an upgrade to XP Home for them. I explain that Pro is not a needed upgrade for a home user and why. They respond with "why did so-and-so put it on?". The reply is "ask your friend" and warn others that he/she “helped out”. I have not had a single customer refuse to go legal.

#6 By 143 (96.28.64.138) at 10/1/2008 12:56:50 PM
I know at work we had many boxes that had illegal copies of Office 2003. One IT genius was given an award for cost-cutting. LOL

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