That's right, Windows 2000 it is no longer available in MSDN, you need an existing MSDN subscription before the WIndows 2000 was withdrawn - one where the licence keys for Windows 2000 were claimed. If that MSDN has the media too, then all well & good. But otherwise, that does not matter, the world is full of Windows 2000 media.
An MSDN subscription lasts for a fixed period (2 or 3 years), during which media is received or content downloaded. AIUI, the licence entitles the licensee(an individual programmer or whatever) to install & use for development purposes. Microsoft can't withdraw that, I think. The licensee remains entitled to install & to use (within the development restrictions) in perpetuity. Do you see? Once again, IANAL On 12 Sep, 14:33, deanm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/aa948864.aspx > > I cannot find a product in MSDN Subscriber Downloads. > A product might be unavailable for several reasons: > > The product is not available due to past Java settlements. Due to > past Java settlements we have had to re-release or phase out the > distribution of several product families. This does not affect current > installations, copies you may already have, or support timetables. > More information is available from the Microsoft Java Transition > page. The major product families that have been removed from MSDN > Subscriber Downloads are: > > Windows 2000 DDK > Windows 2000 Professional > Windows 2000 Server > > On Sep 12, 3:23 pm, Dave English <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 11 Sep, 15:14, "Marc-Antoine Ruel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Everyone missed the #1 point. Beside politics, there's a primary issue. > > > > There is no way to buy a Windows 2000 license as of today. Due to > > > thesettlementof theSun-Microsoftcase,Microsoftcan'tlegallysell > > > Windows 2000 license anymore. Ican'tget a buildbot on Windows 2000 > > > anymore. And wecan'tsupport a platform that wecan'ttest on a > > > buildbot. And no, we won't use an old Pentium 120mhz as a buildbot. :) > > > > Thanks for your comprehension. > > > Surely you could do it from an existing MSDN subscription? > > > I don't know the legal position of Chromium vs. Google, but surely > > Google must have existing MSDNs. > > > Volume licensing MSDNs at least are transferable between empoyees. > > > I'd imagine the dev/test use of a buildbot could fall with in the MSDN > > licence. > > > IANAL, of course --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Chromium-dev" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-dev?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
