Text 20974, 35 rader
Skriven 2006-09-15 14:59:17 av Charles Scaglione (1:123/789.0)
  Kommentar till text 20944 av ROBERT FOWLER (1:123/140)
Ärende: MS tightens the Noose
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On Thu, 14 Sep 2006 17:14:00 -0400, "ROBERT FOWLER -> TOM WALKER"
<1:123/140> wrote:


 TW>> I hear where for the preinmstalled "OEM" versions of windows MS has
 TW>> changed the Rules for the Newer Machines and A Mother Board Change now
 TW>> requires buying another copy of Windows.
 TW>> Anyone have more info on this??

 RF>  I can't find anything online to substantiate this, and it doesn't
 RF>  make sense to me.  Microsoft's relative apathy toward OEM vendors
 RF>  and the EULA has been a source of significant revenue for the
 RF>  company.  It doesn't make sense to me that they would have any
 RF>  incentive to change their policy and reduce their profit.

That's all well and good - now if someone would just explain exactly
what is the MS policy and EULA for OEM installations of their OS.

The standard answer one will receive from MS is that the OS dies
(license is void) when the motherboard is replaced with a different
model or upgraded model from the same maker.  The same occurs if the
OS is removed from the original machine and placed on another.

What constitutes the original machine?   Why are OEM copies of XP
being sold by reputable dealers with only a minor purchase of some
obscure piece of hardware?   All very confusing.

As I said to Tom, no one (unless they're paranoid) is going to toss
their OEM copy of XP away and purchase another just because they put
together a new machine or upgraded their motherboard.

Regards.

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