Re: Valid Product Keys for Windows XP SP2 Professional Volume License Edition
- From: "Michael D. Alligood" <mdalligood@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2006 23:38:57 +0000
Use something different then. Suggestions include but are not limited to Apple, UNIX, Linux, and whatever else you can stea... (borr... I mean own.
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Michael D. Alligood,
MCSA, MCDST, MCP, A+,
Network+, i-Net+, CIW Assoc.,
CIW Certified Instructor
"arachnid" <none@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:pan.2006.11.11.23.07.56.379663@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
On Sat, 11 Nov 2006 22:54:53 +0000, Michael D. Alligood wrote:
> As an old wise man once stated, "Thems the rules, play by them."
> Regardless of what any of us think, these are Microsoft's prescribed
> "laws". Is everyone a criminal according to Microsoft? Until the company
> puts out a public announcement stating they think everyone is a criminal
> and pirating their software; that is just your opinion. In the past year,
> I have had the opportunity to visit Microsoft Campus and talk to key
> people in various divisions. They are listening. They are changing. They
> hear the public concerns and are trying to mend fences.
The Vista EULA suggests otherwise.
> What people need to remember is that you do not own anything; you
> purchase the right to use the software in accordance to the EULA.
Some courts have ruled that no matter what the EULA says, you are indeed
purchasing the software and not just a license to use it. See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Sale_Doctrine
Not that it matters when Microsoft shows up with about a thousand
lawyers... :o(
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