ML

Actually, as soons as I saw the new Vista EULA, I began my testing of
Ubuntu.......
"Donald L McDaniel" <orthocross@wildblue.invalid> wrote in message
news:2nnsj2p16j08rlj903mg2mbvg379danj3p@4ax.com...
> On Tue, 24 Oct 2006 19:41:55 +0800, "ML" <ml@ml.ml> wrote:
>
>>Come on guys! Everybody just buy OEM versions as
>>
>>1) enthusiasts qualify as system builders
>>2) Every John Doe on the street can legally buy and use an OEM version
>>of
>>XP (hope that doesn't change for Vista) with every piece of "qualified"
>>hardware (ie, motherboard, hard disks, CPU).
>
> Don't you get it yet? There won't BE any "OEM versions", for all intents
> and purposes, since the new Vista "Retail" License is EXACTLY the same as
> the old OEM License for XP, with the addition of the Licensee's ability to
> move the software to a single new computer without breaking the terms of
> the EULA.
>
>
>>
>>And guess what, OEM version can be less than half the cost of retails.
>
> As I keep trying to tell you people, there effectively WON'T be an "OEM"
> version.
>
>>This route is more expensive than the current XP RFPP licensing but hey,
>>you
>>didn't have to shell out as much initially either........
>
> You haven't seen "expensive" yet, till you try to move your "Retail" copy
> of Vista Ultimate to a SECOND new machine.
>
> You will be sorry then that you were complacent now.
>
> But don't complain that you weren't warned in advance.
>
> Donald
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