RedM
10-07-08, 18:59
http://linux.slashdot.org/linux/07/06/18/0037223.shtml
Another crack in the Windows Genuine Advantage wall. A user at UbuntuForums.org managed to validate an Ubuntu installation as a genuine copy of Microsoft Windows (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=475709) and get to the download page of Windows Defender, using IE4Linux and Wine. (Here is an OGG video of the process (http://rapidshare.com/files/37580147/recording.ogg).) Along with the advancement of LiveCD technology, this could spell the end of Microsoft's control over who gets their updates.
Another crack in the Windows Genuine Advantage wall. A user at UbuntuForums.org managed to validate an Ubuntu installation as a genuine copy of Microsoft Windows (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=475709) and get to the download page of Windows Defender, using IE4Linux and Wine. (Here is an OGG video of the process (http://rapidshare.com/files/37580147/recording.ogg).) Along with the advancement of LiveCD technology, this could spell the end of Microsoft's control over who gets their updates.