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camus2 on Dec 16, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: GitHub lost $66M in nine months of 2016

> Did you ever think why Microsoft is so lazy about enforcing the end-user Windows licenses on non-business customers?

Microsoft doesn't need to, AFAIK pirated copy don't get upgrades and genuine HOME copies only work on the first computer they are installed on.

nine_k on Dec 16, 2016 [–]

Note how many people still happily run Win 7, and before that happily ran XP, and before that happily ran win2k — while being very reluctant to upgrade.

It's corporations that need upgrades and support. With corporations, I'm sure, MS is not lax and enforces the licensing policy.

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