Re: Do we qualify for Vista upgrade pricing?

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On May 5, 12:23 am, Helpful Harry <helpful_ha...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
In article <0AB6DCD1-B786-4ABA-95D0-D70674EEF...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Colin

Barnhorst" <colinbarha...@xxxxxxx> wrote:

<snip>

As to "pirate scum," that is a bit harsh. MS calls misuse of product keys
by consumers "casual copying" and not piracy. Piracy involves distribution
to others to the detriment of MS. MS considers the control of casual
copying to be its responsibility through software. When a software solution
would lead to bad customer relations MS sometimes decides to tolerate an
abuse. I wouldn't call such a thing "piracy" if MS themselves are not
willing to call it that.

What Microsoft chooses to call it or do about it isn't really relevant.
The fact is that the person IS illegally copying / using the software
and therefore IS still a pirate.

Helpful Harry
Hopefully helping harassed humans happily handle handiwork hardships ;o)

Colin:

Your original reply in this post was a clear and concise statement to
the OP that he could qualify for Upgrade pricing and use a Vista
Upgrade to upgrade his version of XP in VPC to Vista.

First, there is no mention of 'trial' versions in that post.

Second, your info is wrong. You cannot qualify for a Vista upgrade in
this case. The version of XP in VPC, although it falls in the 'OEM'
category does not qualify because the package cannot be separated. VPC
and XP are considered ONE product.

Helpful Harry, Steve Jain, and myself have been very strong advocates
of proper licensing procedures and policies. We post endless numbers
of replies to users who have questions about the licensing limitations
of Windows in VPC. I believe that your posts are confusing to the
general population. You seem to be posting replies based on MSDN
development criteria.......this is the wrong place for that.

.

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