Microsoft offers Vista preview to fight piracy

Vikingod · Jan 23, 2007, 01:17 AM

Source: InfoWorld
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Microsoft is offering a free online "test drive" of its Windows Vista OS in its latest effort to fight software piracy and counterfeiting.

Users can access the preview of Vista on a test drive site, said Cori Hartje, director of the genuine software initiative. The test drive sets up a virtual environment that shows a user what using Vista is like so they have a legitimate way of testing the software rather than going out and buying a counterfeit copy or pirating a genuine version, she said.

Jan 23, 2007, 01:17 AM	#1
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,197 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	Microsoft offers Vista preview to fight piracy Source: InfoWorld ____________ Microsoft is offering a free online "test drive" of its Windows Vista OS in its latest effort to fight software piracy and counterfeiting. Users can access the preview of Vista on a test drive site, said Cori Hartje, director of the genuine software initiative. The test drive sets up a virtual environment that shows a user what using Vista is like so they have a legitimate way of testing the software rather than going out and buying a counterfeit copy or pirating a genuine version, she said.