Re: OEM version of XP

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From: Ron Martell (ron_at_onlinehelp.bc.ca)
Date: 07/20/04 

Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 23:44:34 GMT

XS11E <xs11eNO@SPAMyahoo.com> wrote:

>Contained in your answer is the correct information on the EULA, it
>means what a court says it means, not what you say, not what I say, not
>what Microsoft says.
>
>Until a court has rendered a decision regarding the meaning of the EULA
>it means very little.
>
>BTW, another interesting question for the court, since this newsgroup
>(along with others) is evidence that NOBODY really knows what the EULA
>says, I wonder if a court would consider your agreement to a
>meaningless EULA to be other than meaningless?
>
>Sooner or later, EULAs (not just MSFT, every software company has one,
>it seems!) are bound to be thrashed out in court, until then.... ???
>
>

Not quite. The EULA means whatever Microsoft says it means, unless
and until a court rules otherwise. It is their software, and they
have every right to set whatever terms and conditions they want with
regard to the licensing and usage of their software; subject only to
the possibility that a court may subsequently determine certain
provisions to be invalid or to make specific determinations as the
meaning and application of of certain provisions.

But unless and until a court makes such a ruling the EULA stands as
written.

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada 

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