InPost parcel locker displays unactivated Windows screen in High Wycombe
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@theregister.com
A respectable bake. You'd come back tomorrow for another.
Summary
A Bork!Bork!Bork! article from The Register reports an InPost parcel locker in High Wycombe, England, displaying an unactivated Windows activation screen. The locker appears to have joined the "legions of the undead" by showing Microsoft's licensing reminder, humorously highlighting the intersection of contactless parcel collection technology with Windows licensing issues.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledWhat's in the box? Windows, that's what. And it's a copy of Windows that hasn't been activated.
Today's bork in the wild was spotted by an eagle-eyed Register reader in the English town of High Wycombe
it looks like an InPost locker unit has joined the legions of the undead, at least as far as Windows is concerned.
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