IP: MS offers rewards to system builders who "snitch"

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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> From: Brett Glass <brett () lariat org>
> Subject: MS offers rewards to system builders who "snitch"
>
> Microsoft, apparently intent on requiring corporate customers to buy 
> Windows twice (once with each PC and again as part of corporate licensing 
> programs), is offering "prizes" to system builders who report the receipt 
> of RFPs for systems without Windows installed. This program appears to be 
> intended to reveal to Microsoft the identities of companies which either 
> use alternative operating systems or have attempted to avoid purchasing 
> two Windows licenses for each machine. See
>
> http://www.aaxnet.com/news/M010425.html
>
> --Brett Glass



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