On Oct 22, 2007, at 7:40 AM, Man-wai Chang wrote:
>> They can say whatever they want. If you have the legal firepower to
>> challenge them, be my guest.
>
> So were there court cases related to the OEM license? What are their
> results?
I don't know; I've never looked into it. All I know is that the law
is set by who can afford the most attorneys to generate the most
paperwork, not by who is right or wrong.
> After all these conversation, OEM license is just like renting a
> software ... but the rent is paid once only.
It's actually a kickback to the manufacturers to get them to pre-
install Windows exclusively.
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