Hello Jeff,
Saturday, September 01, 2001, 3:34:55 PM, you wrote:
J> And there will be lots more Linux users shortly, too, as Microsoft
J> users discover the new license terms under which M$ is starting to
J> sell new versions of the operating system. Things like you can only
J> reinstall it three times without paying a fee
You don't need to pay a fee if you reinstall XP more than three times.
This is from
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/newsroom/piracy/productactivationfaq.asp
How does Microsoft Product Activation work?
Product Activation works by validating that the software�s product
key, required as part of product installation, has not been used on
more PCs than is allowed by the software�s license. Product key
information, in the form of the product ID, is sent along with a
"hardware hash" (a nonunique number generated from the PC�s hardware
configuration) to Microsoft�s activation system during activation.
Activation is completed either directly via the Internet or by a
telephone call to a customer service representative. Activations on
the same PC using the same product key are unlimited. Product
Activation discourages piracy by limiting the number of times a
product key can be activated on different PCs.
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While I do think WPA is a mistake I can understand the position of MS
on this. A company which is out to make a profit, and MS are, know
that people buy one copy of their software and then install it on
every machine they own and even lend the software to friends to
install on their machines, while this is perfectly OK with the Linux
OS it isn't with MS.
--
Kevin
Using TB!1.54 Beta/7 on Windows XP RC 1
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