LGA versus WGA

This had me laughing out loud: www.linuxgenuineadvantage.org - I know what they mean to say, and I really dig how they went and actually did it, bought the domain name, and wrote all the funny lines. That annoying Windows Genuine Advantage validation crap is the first thing about MicroSoft Windows that really made me consider moving towards Linux for my desktop use, even if I would have to miss some software. Just an example story on this WGA thing: I have a Toshiba laptop, and with that came a Windows XP Home CD. I actually licensed the copy with MicroSoft's website after installing, like a good little user should. A couple of years and many Windows Updates later I suddenly couldn't validate my copy any longer and it…

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