some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org to Technology@lemmy.world · 1 year agoMicrosoft’s AI boss thinks it’s perfectly OK to steal content if it’s on the open webwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square131fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareRefurbished Refurbisher@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-21 year agoMicrosoft would prefer that you pirate Windows rather than use Linux, as it further entrenches their dominance in the market. They mainly make their money off of business licenses anyway, similar to Adobe and Autodesk. There’s a reason massgravel’s scripts are hosted on Microsoft’s GitHub platform and hasn’t been taken down.
minus-squareGrandwolf319@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoIf that’s the case, then why not release a free home version??
minus-squareRefurbished Refurbisher@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoThey already have a free version of Windows. Just don’t activate it.
Microsoft would prefer that you pirate Windows rather than use Linux, as it further entrenches their dominance in the market.
They mainly make their money off of business licenses anyway, similar to Adobe and Autodesk.
There’s a reason massgravel’s scripts are hosted on Microsoft’s GitHub platform and hasn’t been taken down.
If that’s the case, then why not release a free home version??
They already have a free version of Windows. Just don’t activate it.