let's see way cheaper than alternative, hosted in what, Vietnam? Yeah that lends confidence there --- most compromised network I know of anyway.... and you have to ask if it is authentic?
On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 7:01 PM, Justin Scott <[email protected]>wrote: > > > MS store does not have XP but some web site sells it > > even at like $69.90, and claims to be OEM download, > > did a whois lookup, the site is registerd to a south > > east Asian country, would the downloadable OS software > > be authentic? are they doing legal stuff? Just want > > to be sure. Thanks. > > If I remember correctly, the OEM license is only valid/available if it's > sold with hardware. People on eBay used to do this by selling it with a > busted motherboard, or an old 386 CPU chip, or something else essentially > worthless but within the definition of "hardware" according to the license. > I don't know if that is still something people do, but it's something to > check into anyway. > > > -Justin > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:301317 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
