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    ASUS shipping notebooks with illegal software

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by TravisBean, Sep 21, 2008.

  1. TravisBean

    TravisBean Notebook Evangelist

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    This is one of todays stories on the NBR homepage . I must comment that isnt that kinda like arresting the man at the bar for eating too many free peanuts. If sombody stuck a copy of winrar on a new Asus , well then, all they did was save the guy the trouble of using the free download site .
     
    TravisBean, Sep 21, 2008
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  2. McGrady

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    Not really since WinRar is shareware, and programs like 7-zip which is open source is 100 x's better.
     
    McGrady, Sep 21, 2008
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    Are the winrar free download sites operating illegally?
     
    TravisBean, Sep 21, 2008
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    There were also crack and keygen programs on that CD...highly illegal or unethical.
     
    Greg, Sep 21, 2008
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    No, I'm just saying. I don't think many users use WinRar nowadays, because it's shareware and 7-zip and the other free zip utilities are much faster.
     
    McGrady, Sep 21, 2008
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