Re: Why Only On One PC?
From: Alias (maskedandanonymous_at_aka.com)
Date: 07/21/04
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Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 17:21:53 +0200
"Unknown" <Unknown@Somewhere.Kom> wrote in message
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> Yes indeed, I would really like to know what your lawyer has to say about
> this. Please get his verbiage and post it here.
Trust me, you don't want to hear it.
Alias
> "Alias" <maskedandanonymous@aka.com> wrote in message
> news:2m7fe0FjpvpfU1@uni-berlin.de...
> >
> > "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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