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		BearOso on April 5, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: My long goodbye to Windows XP (2022) I was in a computer science program and the department literally just gave Windows 2000 keys away. They had a booklet with sheets of stickers and just said take whatever you want. It was easy to give to your friends. When Windows XP came out, Microsoft unfortunately made them report every key given out, and the free ride was over.

ptero on April 5, 2023 [–]

I bet that was it! I either got a sticker like this or got it at the university store as a free add-on to a 90% discounted VC++.

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