On Wed, 1 May 2002, A V Flinsch wrote: > On Tuesday 30 April 2002 11:13 pm, you wrote: > > On Tue, 30 Apr 2002 14:43:37 -0700 > > > > Sevatio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Check out this article. > > > > > > Linux Today: > > > http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2002-04-30-018-26-PS-MS-LL > > > > > > Complete story: > > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/25085.html > > > > Those links' content make me want to be sick. The more I hear about M$ > > and their tactics the more I desire their whole company to be > > dismantled properly & Sold. > > > If anyone took the time to do some actual research -- even on a ms site, > one would find that it is not illegal to remove a preinstalled version of > windows. > > What ms is trying to prevent is the seperation of the preinstalled > windows from the hardware for resale purposes. They also consider the > software to be part of the original package, and the software must be > transferred with the hardware. > > What ms considers to be illegal is the following: > > I buy a machine with preinstalled windows > > I uninstall windows and install a real os > > I sell/give the version of windows that came with the machine to someone > else > > What ms wants is that when I sell or give away the machine, I must > also hand the original version of windows to whoever gets the machine > also.
in short they want to control something that, they "should" have no legal or otherwise, business controling. let them suck dirt! -- daRcmaTTeR ---------- Registered Linux User 182496
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