Microsoft genuine downloads looking for wine

[Shachar Shemesh]

Ivan Leo Puoti wrote:

> A valid and working code is returned if the version is set to xp. 
> Still, even if this is only an initial attempt, they
> appear to want to discriminate wine users, while this may be 
> acceptable for operating system components/updates,
> this is probably a violation of anti-trust law for all other 
> downloads. It's also the first time Microsoft acknowledges the
> existence of Wine.
>
> Ivan Leo.

Let's wait until they actually do something bad before we go around 
accusing them, shall we?

In any case, at least from a technical point of view, going around such 
test ought to be fairly simple.

          Shachar

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