Maybe Adobe could go in halves with them. Half the time when I ask somebody what they’re running, they say, “Pirated Photoshop I got off of BitTorrent”. Microsoft moans about software pirates stealing their product on one hand, then quietly condones it for the market share gain on the other.

So when I see Gizmodo telling us “How to Get, Install and Play With Windows 7, Pain Free”, and it actually tells you to go snarf a copy off of BitTorrent, I have to wonder if torrents are just going to become the official path to releases and updates. Mind you, this isn’t some Warez pirate site we’re talking about. Gizmodo is part of Gawker Media, probably the most mainstream corporate presence on the web after C|Net and Conde-Nast. » Read more: Microsoft Should Just Buy BitTorrent And Get It Over With