** Reply to message from Joshua Penix <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Sun, 27 Apr 2008 14:42:12 -0700
> Obviously one should check to be sure, but most Microsoft licenses > have provisions that allow use of previous versions of the same > product, so it would be unnecessary to pay twice. This is very common > in corporate environments where rollout and training for a new version > of the product may take a while, often longer than the older version > is offered for sale. So anyone with Vista should be able to use any XP CD and have a legal system with XP replacing the Vista installation? I wonder why it takes an arm and leg to even get a system without Vista these days if there's so much of an 'open' license to use previous versions? The game rules for large businesses must be far different from the SMB market. I've heard you can get an XP 'upgrade from Vista' CD from HP but it'll cost ya. Doug -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
