Sorry, Microsoft is Not Giving Free Windows 10 to Pirates
A Reuters report earlier this week clearly stated that Microsoft planned to tackle software piracy, especially in China, with a “free upgrade to Windows 10.” But that is incorrect: Instead, Microsoft will continue to treat stolen Windows versions as it always has, and it is not giving amnesty to pirates.
The confusion is understandable, given the headline to the Reuters report: Microsoft tackles China piracy with free upgrade to Windows 10. But the article itself quotes Microsoft executive vice president Terry Myerson, who is leading the effort to develop Windows 10.
“We are upgrading all qualified PCs, genuine and non-genuine, to Windows 10,” Myerson told Reuters in a telephone interview. The plan, Reuters said, was to “re-engage” with the hundreds of millions of users of Windows in China, though there was no “elaboration.”
That may very well be because Microsoft’s stance on pirated Windows copies has not changed at all. And in the wake of numerous inaccurate reports—”free upgrades even for pirated copies” and even I mentioned it myself in Boldly, Microsoft Claims It Will Ship Windows 10 This Summer—Microsoft has decided to set the record straight.
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