I just see this forcing less sales of windows and more prolific pirating. I guess time will tell.
Regards, Jason Tozer Database Analyst London Ext 1131 - 3SC.5 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ben Ruset Sent: 05 October 2006 22:44 To: The Hardware List Subject: Re: [H] MS gets serious about activation How are you the OEM? What equipment are you a manufacturer of? Assembling a computer now and then does not make you an OEM. Unfair or not, thats how it is. That's why there are plenty of alternatives to Windows out there. FORC5 wrote: > actually if I buy a OEM copy and build a system and then later decide to destroy that system and build another the OEM SW is fine cause I am the OEM. > > it is not tied to the HW like dell and hp and the like is, try to install theirs on other hw and it balks. I have gotten away fixing broke machines by replacing the mb with as close a clone match as possible and things work, usually will activate with COA ( once ) but technically a no no. > > Still is very un fare practice. IMO > > fp > > At 02:22 PM 10/5/2006, Ben Ruset Poked the stick with: >> 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? > ******* This message and any attachment are confidential and may be privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, please telephone or email the sender and delete this message and any attachment from your system. If you are not the intended recipient you must not copy this message or attachment or disclose the contents to any other person. For further information about Clifford Chance please see our website at http://www.cliffordchance.com or refer to any Clifford Chance office. This firm is not authorised by the Financial Services Authority. However, we are included on the Register maintained by the Financial Services Authority so that we can carry on insurance mediation activity in the UK, which is broadly the advising on, selling and administration of insurance contracts. This part of our business, including arrangements for complaints or redress if something goes wrong, is regulated by The Law Society. The Register can be accessed via the Financial Services Authority website at www.fsa.gov.uk/register.
