It seems that Microsoft thinks this has cleared the way for WGA. Within days of the case being thrown out, MS have announced the Windows Activation Technologies update being pushed out. This is essentially WGA for Windows7. I'd guess MS were holding on to it until the legal issues with WGA were sorted: not that it was really sorted (both parties agreed to drop the case, and the judge dismissed it - there was no actual judgement for or against WGA).
I imagine that once a bunch of people find that WAT has declared their legal copies of Windows7 non-genuine (as is quite possible), this whole process will start over again.
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It seems that Microsoft thinks this has cleared the way for WGA. Within days of the case being thrown out, MS have announced the Windows Activation Technologies update being pushed out. This is essentially WGA for Windows7. I'd guess MS were holding on to it until the legal issues with WGA were sorted: not that it was really sorted (both parties agreed to drop the case, and the judge dismissed it - there was no actual judgement for or against WGA).
I imagine that once a bunch of people find that WAT has declared their legal copies of Windows7 non-genuine (as is quite possible), this whole process will start over again.