Take it up with Microsoft's lawyers.
They say it's tied to the hardware. You either deal with the license or
you use Linux/BSD.
The idea is that you buy the OS at a steep discount versus the retail
copy. If the retail copy offers no benefit to the end user versus the 90
days (or whatever) support, why bother having two lines?
Anthony Q. Martin wrote:
why? I bought a copy with a PC...my hardware, I own it. I don't need
vendor support after i know the system works. why should anything be
tied to hardware and what makes hardware unique? Do we now consider a
PC to be a disposable unit...don't fix it, change it, or upgrade
it....just toss it out (OS and all) and get a new one?
