Microsoft Frames VistaTorrent Cease and Desist Letter

Written by Ernesto on July 02, 2006 

Mirosoft gave the guys behind vistatorrent.com a framed version of the cease and desist letter that took down their site.
Although the demand for Microsoft’s second Vista Beta is extremely high, Microsoft refused to release a torrent for “security” reasons.
At the Gnomedex conference Chris Pirillo, one of the organizers, and the initiator of vistatorrent.com received [...]

Mirosoft gave the guys behind vistatorrent.com a framed version of the cease and desist letter that took down their site.

Although the demand for Microsoft’s second Vista Beta is extremely high, Microsoft refused to release a torrent for “security” reasons.

At the Gnomedex conference Chris Pirillo, one of the organizers, and the initiator of vistatorrent.com received a nice “gift” from Microsoft. It probably Microsoft’s way to let them know that they appreciate the initiative. Pretty funny…

vista cease and desist frame

Manager of Microsoft’s community team Aaron Coldiron said:

“Jake and Chris we obviously love, and we thought it was a great attempt. Of course, it does violate the EULA (End User License Agreement). Things do happen, and we thought this would be a lighthearted way to say, ‘Nice try.’ “

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4 Responses

1 Jul 04, 2006 at 07:35 by Subbu

I Downloaded the Beta2 From that Torrent..

Going by the Record that MS Hates Anything that is OpenSource.. This _was_ to be Expected.

“Microsoft refused to release a torrent for “security” reasons”
Bollocks..

2 Jul 06, 2006 at 06:52 by whiskey

Yes yes… security reasons… the more people get the beta, the more they will try to break it???
lol it’s maybe more about not making a precedent so that maybe some other party may say hey but you let those guys do that …

3 Jul 06, 2006 at 16:56 by Yatti420

Ive seen Vista torrents around?

4 Nov 29, 2006 at 01:14 by SixDays

Could have been cool, but it’s not. It only perfects the image of Microsoft as a utterly stupid and dumbfunded organisation that is doomed.

Yes, Microsoft along with Ballmer and Butthead are dinosaurs, and believe me when I point at the sky and tell you: The asteroid is coming….

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