Re: OT: Hum, MS raising prices?

2012-12-05 Thread zMan
On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 9:16 PM, Clark Morris wrote: > On 4 Dec 2012 10:10:42 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: > >I meant "legal code". My English is poor, especially in non-IT areas. > > In general, your written English seems as least as good as mine > (unfortunately maybe better since m

Re: OT: Hum, MS raising prices?

2012-12-04 Thread Clark Morris
On 4 Dec 2012 10:10:42 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >W dniu 2012-12-04 18:58, zMan pisze: >> On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 12:00 PM, R.S. wrote: >> >>> AFAIK there is no code which could prevent me from moving the software >>> from desktop PC A to new shining desktop PC B (assuming no core/

Re: OT: Hum, MS raising prices?

2012-12-04 Thread zMan
On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 1:33 PM, R.S. wrote: > BTW: the thread is becoming off-topic. This groups is about mainframes. > True, my bad. Thanks. -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" -- For IBM-MAIN subs

Re: OT: Hum, MS raising prices?

2012-12-04 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2012-12-04 19:23, zMan pisze: On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 1:10 PM, R.S. wrote: I meant "legal code". My English is poor, especially in non-IT areas. No, however IMHO every law says "what's not forbidden, it's allowed". And there is no such limitation in the law. EULA cannot narrow customers

Re: OT: Hum, MS raising prices?

2012-12-04 Thread zMan
On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 1:10 PM, R.S. wrote: > I meant "legal code". My English is poor, especially in non-IT areas. > > No, however IMHO every law says "what's not forbidden, it's allowed". And > there is no such limitation in the law. EULA cannot narrow customers > rigths. Would it be posible to

Re: OT: Hum, MS raising prices?

2012-12-04 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2012-12-04 18:58, zMan pisze: On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 12:00 PM, R.S. wrote: AFAIK there is no code which could prevent me from moving the software from desktop PC A to new shining desktop PC B (assuming no core/MUS/MIPS licenses). EULA cannot limit customer rights here. Confused: by "c

Re: OT: Hum, MS raising prices?

2012-12-04 Thread Ron Wells
Ubuntu >> or variant From: zMan To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Date: 12/04/2012 11:58 AM Subject: Re: OT: Hum, MS raising prices? Sent by:IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 12:00 PM, R.S. wrote: > AFAIK there is no code which could preven

Re: OT: Hum, MS raising prices?

2012-12-04 Thread zMan
On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 12:00 PM, R.S. wrote: > AFAIK there is no code which could prevent me from moving the software > from desktop PC A to new shining desktop PC B (assuming no core/MUS/MIPS > licenses). > EULA cannot limit customer rights here. Confused: by "code", did you mean legal or softw

Re: OT: Hum, MS raising prices?

2012-12-04 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2012-12-04 16:39, Tomasz Rola pisze: On Tue, 4 Dec 2012, zMan wrote: Plus, with Office 2013, retail products purchased CANNOT be uninstalled and moved to another machine: once it's installed, it's just as if you'd bought it pre-installed. Nice, huh? Oh really. This only makes me apprec

Re: OT: Hum, MS raising prices?

2012-12-04 Thread Tomasz Rola
On Tue, 4 Dec 2012, zMan wrote: > Plus, with Office 2013, retail products purchased CANNOT be uninstalled and > moved to another machine: once it's installed, it's just as if you'd bought > it pre-installed. Nice, huh? Oh really. This only makes me appreciate more the decision to never again ins

Re: OT: Hum, MS raising prices?

2012-12-04 Thread zMan
Plus, with Office 2013, retail products purchased CANNOT be uninstalled and moved to another machine: once it's installed, it's just as if you'd bought it pre-installed. Nice, huh? On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 7:59 AM, McKown, John wrote: > And we thought IBM's recent price increase was bad. > > > http

OT: Hum, MS raising prices?

2012-12-04 Thread McKown, John
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