some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org to Technology@lemmy.world · 10 months agoMicrosoft’s AI boss thinks it’s perfectly OK to steal content if it’s on the open webwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square137fedilinkarrow-up1613arrow-down133
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minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up76arrow-down1·10 months agofun fact, windows is posted on the web: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10
minus-squareRefurbished Refurbisher@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up86·edit-210 months agoMicrosoft would prefer that you pirate Windows rather than use Linux, as it further entrenches their dominance in the market. They mainly make their money off of business licenses anyway, similar to Adobe and Autodesk. There’s a reason massgravel’s scripts are hosted on Microsoft’s GitHub platform and hasn’t been taken down.
minus-squareGrandwolf319@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 months agoIf that’s the case, then why not release a free home version??
minus-squareRefurbished Refurbisher@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·10 months agoThey already have a free version of Windows. Just don’t activate it.
fun fact, windows is posted on the web: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10
Microsoft would prefer that you pirate Windows rather than use Linux, as it further entrenches their dominance in the market.
They mainly make their money off of business licenses anyway, similar to Adobe and Autodesk.
There’s a reason massgravel’s scripts are hosted on Microsoft’s GitHub platform and hasn’t been taken down.
If that’s the case, then why not release a free home version??
They already have a free version of Windows. Just don’t activate it.