Today is election day, while searching election result, I discover this:

‘Blackouts’ for users of pirated Windows

By STEVEN PATRICK

PETALING JAYA: Starting Wednesday, users with pirated copies of Microsoft Corp’s Windows XP Professional operating system (OS) on machines that are Internet-capable could find their computer displays going black and with no screen icons visible.

There are 8.6 million users of Win XP Pro in Malaysia and about three million are expected to suffer the “blackouts,” according to Microsoft Malaysia.

To continue working, the user would need to …

Really impressive..lol, article shows that 2 out of 5.1 million pirated user purchased windows XP license with RM580 each.