Microsoft recently successfully sued several resellers were selling machines without fully licensed copies of Windows. Don't know much about the details, but it seems to be mostly resellers they are going after.
On 9/12/06 11:44 AM, "Jim Wright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think this seller is trying the old "I'll sell you this pencil for > $1000, and throw in 2 front row tickets to the Stones for free" trick > that scalpers try to use. But since they have no right not sell it (or > probably even give it away), you would not have a valid license. > Another one to watch out for is the OEM copies...I believe that in most > cases buying OEM software outside of a system purchase is not legal. > Also, the OEM copy can not be installed on anything other than the > original machine it was installed on...so you can't move it to another > machine. That's one of the reasons I generally don't buy pre-installed > software like MS-Office...for ~$50 more, you can get a full copy that > can be installed on two machines (the full copy allows you to have a > copy on your laptop and desktop), and if you upgrade machines, you can > bring Office with you. > > And with the new Windows Genuine Advantage checking that does on in > Windows Update, some of these OEM and NFR versions may stop receiving > critical updates. Big Brother is watching. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:252864 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
