I believe your right as I read it. Still a hassle I can buy one copy of Linux and copy to two desktops and trying to copy to my laptop for $60 while it cost at least $100 for the upgrade for one machine.
Then I have to keep getting permission everytime I move to a different or make substantial upgrades. Here is another point too. The hardware upgrade is obvious in favor of vendors who are hurting during these financial times. If you can run Linux on old hardware and get as good or even better performance don't you think this keeps Linux out since vendor make money on selling their hardware? Amazon saved themselves some serious cash with HP's hardware and Linux software with only a few MS around for whatever reason. Technically, this means that they can keep their hardware and software going longer compared to MS, SunMicrosystem, etc. Doesn't that hurt the hardware vendors since they may not make enough to service the equipment compared to selling newer hardware to old and new customers. The OS won't be a problem to customers since they can upgrade and adapt Linux to whatever they want or may need. If anyone can enlighten me on this business side of Linux I would appreciate it very much.
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