On Dec 12, 2007 2:59 PM, Jeff Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The Internet is full of posts and forums of people loading Linux and XP > on machines they purchases with Vista on them - myself included. My > wife asked me this morning if Microsoft accounts for the fact that I > downgraded when I activated XP on my laptop? I wonder how many of those > 88 million Vista licenses are actually being used? I have MSDN that has > 10 licenses for each version of Vista as well as Office 2007, but I > don't use any of them. Are they counting them? > > Hmmmmm.
Oh, I'm sure they are. Guaranteed. Downgrades count -- you actually purchased a Vista license and downgraded. MSDN, all those other developer packs, they count. Probably Vista betas count, too. Note that Microsoft always mentions *licenses* Not usage on desktops. Bill --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.

