Re: Shrink Wrap my EULA ?

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From: kurttrail (dontemailme_at_anywhereintheknowuniverse.org)
Date: 02/13/05 

Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 09:51:48 -0500

Don Burnette wrote:
> kurttrail wrote:
>> Mike Brannigan [MSFT] wrote:
>>> "kurttrail" <dontemailme@anywhereintheknowuniverse.org> wrote in
>>> message news:ercTe3JEFHA.2632@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> And web stores that sell OEM software are hardly likely to take
>>>> returns of open software.
>>>>
>>>> And why don't ya'll have all your EULAs on the web? What ya'll
>>>> hiding?
>>>
>>> The reason the OEM EULA is not on the Web is that the I believe the
>>> OEM may modify the terms of that license to a certain degree, so it
>>> may not be possible to place all of them there.
>>>
>>> We are hiding nothing - you still get to see the OEM EULA at install
>>> and they still have the section I quoted.
>>>
>>
>> Ya'll could, at the very least, put the generic OEM EULA on the web,
>> as many consumers are purchasing that version over the retail version
>> over the net. Buying XP, in some case, $150 dollars less the msrp of
>> a retail copy.
>>
>> And let's face it, your companies 2 free support calls, and to free
>> support emails aren't worth $150, especially since most support
>> problems are pawn off on other software and/or hardware.
>
>
> How would you know or even care? You don't purchase MS software
> remember?

I do see prices on the internet. Unlike you, I try keep myself
informed. I am a advocate for my fellow human beings who are consumers
of MS software, unlike the likes of you, who are advocates for a godless
corporate entity. One that is not only a proven predatory monopoly, but
one that is a proven infringer of other patents and copyrights!

> You only steal it...

LOL! 

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