Re: Why Only On One PC?

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From: Alias (maskedandanonymous_at_aka.com)
Date: 07/21/04 

Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 17:12:00 +0200

"Unknown" <Unknown@Somewhere.Kom> wrote in message
news:5CvLc.40079$eH1.19029477@newssvr28.news.prodigy.com...
> Like I said semantics. Why don't you ask a lawyer?

You don't want to know what my lawyer has to say about this. It's *not*
semantics. Words have definitions, both in a connotative and dennotative
sense.

Alias
> "Alias" <maskedandanonymous@aka.com> wrote in message
> news:2m7f20Fjjtm3U1@uni-berlin.de...
> >
> > "Unknown" <Unknown@Somewhere.Kom> wrote in message
> > news:4yvLc.40075$eH1.19029185@newssvr28.news.prodigy.com...
> > > You are doing nothing but arguing semantics. Do you buy one automobile
> > license
> > > and use it on several cars?
> >
> > A car is a product. MS says their software is a product. Automobile
licenses
> > are not products.
> >
> > Alias
> > > "Alias" <maskedandanonymous@aka.com> wrote in message
> > > news:2m7d9dFjijhnU1@uni-berlin.de...
> > > >
> > > > "Jone Doe" <fake@nowhere.org> wrote
> > > >
> > > > > <gigantic snip of whining>
> > > > >
> > > > > Windows XP operating system is not like an orange, or a banana to
use
> > one
> > > > of
> > > > > the more ridiculous examples from an earlier post. It is an
operating
> > > > > system, an intellectual property that is not sold per se, but
rented
> > or
> > > > > leased to be used in one system. If you don't like the terms of
use
> > of
> > > > the
> > > > > system, don't use it. Get with Al Gore, who invented the internet
> > after
> > > > > all, and come up with a system that uses binary codes of zeros and
> > ones to
> > > > > do something useful, copyright it, and sell it.
> > > >
> > > > Then why does Microsoft call it a "product"??? A banana is a
product,
> > isn't
> > > > it? One pays for a product and one can do whatever one wants to
unless
> > it's
> > > > computer software? And don't tell me they don't call their software
a
> > > > product rather than a license because I just read on my legitimate
copy
> > of
> > > > XP Pro where there is an email for *product* support, not *rental*
> > support.
> > > >
> > > > No wonder MS has never taken anyone to court; they'd lose.
> > > >
> > > > Alias
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
>

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