Microsoft Says Software Pirates Are Funding Terrorists
from the some-FUD,-anyone? dept
Oh boy. Leave it to Microsoft to figure out some way to take the whole terrorist issue and turn it to their advantage. They're now claiming that we need to stop worldwide software piracy because software pirates are funding terrorists. They've apparently done some study, which no one else has seen. Others who were asked indicated there was one case of a pirate giving his proceeds to terrorists, but that was it. It seems that that was all Microsoft's study found as well, but that doesn't stop them from tapping into the fear of terrorism to try to get their point across (and the US government to help them out). Next, we're going to hear about how the terrorists use Linux...
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Silly, but there is *something* to it....
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Can I have a spin?
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Well...
Quick..make Windows the ONLY legal software and authorize deathsquads to hunt down your neighb...huh I mean terrorist-backing software pirates!!! Hurry!!
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