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Microsoft takes down SP2 swappers |
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| Fri, August 13 2004 | 3:44PM | PermaLink |
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"Microsoft has taken steps to stop its security update for Windows being shared on file-swapping networks.
The SP2 update for Windows XP was being used by file-swapping activists to show how such systems can help get large, important files to lots of users.
But legal warnings from Microsoft have forced the file-swappers to end their experiment and stop making the software available to downloaders. Now the only place people are able to get the update is from Microsoft. "
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