product manager Nick White who explains that the software giant has come to realise that the original terms, geared to fighting piracy, were restrictive to the point that they might alienate hardware enthusiasts.
Bollocks, I think this is an attempt to explain it away conveniently. Anyone who thought about this for about a minute would have "come to realise" this would be a huge problem for gamers and the like.
In reality, Microsoft were pushing, seeing if they could pull off swindling the public and only backing down when they assessed it would be too risky to alienate the enthusiasts.
In reality, Microsoft were pushing, seeing if they could pull off swindling the public and only backing down when they assessed it would be too risky to alienate the enthusiasts.
I'm surprised they backed down due to pressure from hobbyists. The last time they did this (XP licencing, I think), wasn't it due to pressure from large corporates
I suppose a lot of hardware/gaming enthusiasts work in IT departments, or even manage them, and their experience at home inevitably filters through to the office. Hence MS wanting to keep them "on message" mebbe...
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