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Thai Pirates Crack Microsoft's New Windows System
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Peter Gutmann)
Tue Nov 13 10:55:53 2001
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 03:59:37 +1300 (NZDT)
Message-ID: <200111131459.DAA155884@ruru.cs.auckland.ac.nz>
From: pgut001@cs.auckland.ac.nz (Peter Gutmann)
To: cryptography@wasabisystems.com
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20011112/tc/tech_thailand_windows_dc_1.html
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai computer users are buying thousands of pirated copies
of Microsoft's new Windows XP (news - web sites) operating system a week ahead
of its official launch in Thailand, vendors said on Monday.
Shops at Bangkok's Pantip Plaza -- a multi-story rabbit's warren of computer
goods outlets -- said pirates had found ways of getting around the new
operating system's security features.
``We've had XP Professional for three weeks and it's selling very well. We sell
around 200 copies a day,'' one shop owner, who identified himself only as Nop,
told Reuters.
[...]
Peter.
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