Re: product key
- From: "Ken Blake" <kblake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2007 07:54:45 -0700
"Daave" <dcwashNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Merlin wrote:
There is no place where you can download a legitimate copy of Windows
XP.
I'm not sure I agree, and here's my logic:
The issue does not revolve around the copy of the installation disk but
rather with the license. Assuming a person wishing to install XP has the
license to do so, I believe he could borrow my installation CD (as long
as it's the same type, of course). So how is this different from me
uploading it to an FTP server for him to download it? He could download
it and install it using his legitimate product key, no?
Although you may be technically correct, if you modify Merlin's statement to
read "There is no *public* place where you can download a legitimate copy of
Windows X," what he said is right.
And since most people would infer the word "public" in that sentence even if
it's not there, essentially it's pretty much correct as it stands. And
further, in the context of this thread, when cm says "I have a downloaded
version of Windows XP Pro," almost anyone would infer from that that he
means he has a pirated version that he downloaded from some unauthorized
public site.
--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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