Re: Windows XP Home

Bruce Chambers wrote:

Alias wrote:


According to the EULA, no. Technically, of course.



Actually, that should be "Technically, maybe." It depends entirely upon the specific type of installation CD the OP has. 

True.



All you have to do is wait 120 days from when you installed it on one computer and then install it on another and MS will not be the wiser.



Again, maybe. It still depends entirely upon the specific type of installation CD the OP has. 

Again true, and is some cases waiting 120 days is not even necessary.



From a moral point of view, ....



With which you've always demonstrated a complete unfamiliarity.

Oh, quit preaching Bruce. Morality is a subjective matter for the individual to determine for themself. You have no right to judge someone else's sense of morality.



when one considers that MS stole Windows from Apple,



An out-right lie. And you forgot to mention that the original idea for a GUI was developed by Xerox, from whom Apple "borrowed" it first.

No it's not a lie. "Borrowed"! LOL! Apple stole the idea from Xerox and M$ stole it from Apple. And M$ stole DOS from Digital Research. For that matter we _all_ stole ethernet from Xerox! What does that make us?



MS really doesn't have a hanky to cry into if you do it.



Ah, yes... The old "two wrongs must make a right" rationale thieves always fall back on.


But three or more wrongs do, eh?


In addition, MS has never taken a private individual to court for breaching the EULA so until they do,



True, but irrelevant.

No it's not irrelvant. Until a court of law rules on a contract dispute it is not "law". It is only legally binding when _both_ parties agree to it, and _continue_ to do so.



it is NOT illegal to install XP on two or more computers.



That depends entirely upon the intellectual property and copyright laws of the jurisdiction in which one resides. For instance, in the United States, such an action not only violates a legally enforceable contract, but it also clearly violates federal copyright law.


That is still up for debate and EULAs _are_ being challenged:

http://www.eff.org/wp/eula.php

I strongly suggest you read it.

Where's your law degree Bruce? You're no more an authority on this than anyone else is.

This is not to say I advocate piracy, casual or otherwise, nor do I slight M$ for making money they deserve, but I can and do speak up for the truth and do not abide with half-truths and mis-information and just because you and M$ say it's so does not make it the truth.

Steve N.

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