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Old 05-30-2008   #4 (permalink)
Karl E. Peterson


 
 

Re: DELL Lock-in

Colin Barnhorst wrote:
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> http://computers.search.ebay.com/windows-"Karl E. Peterson" <karl@xxxxxx>
> wrote in message news:OpKA6snwIHA.420@xxxxxx
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>> Mark Rae [MVP] wrote:
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>>>> is it possible to obtain licences for legacy versions of Windows to run
>>>> under Virtual PC?
>>>
>>> Any Microsoft Partner or VAR will happily sell you these...
>>
>> Serious? I could buy, say, Win95 licenses now? Windows 2000? (If'n I
>> had the need.)
>
> I doubt that VARs would sell you a Win9x/ME license,
Me too, which is why I wondered about that suggestion.
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> but you can get them
> from places like eBay. There are dozens of Win95 there today.
Sure, but I was wondering about "legit" new license sources, rather than recycled
ones.

(Me, personally, I can get just 'em from my MSDN archive.)
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