Donald L McDaniel

On Wed, 25 Oct 2006 10:00:15 +0800, "ML" <ml@ml.ml> wrote:

>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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>

At least I can always fall back on OS X, which is a TREMENDOUS OS, except
for its absolutely ****ty GUI.

But my machine is an Apple Intel PC (iMac 17"), and I can use pretty much
whichever OS I want to on it, from OS X, to Windows XP (or Vista), to
various flavors of Unix, Linux, or Sun's offerings.

Most Windows users are going to be FORCED by necessity to use Vista's
"Retail" license which is actually an "OEM" license, but renamed "Retail".

I can't however, use Mac OS 9 or a previous version of the Mac OS.

Too bad.

At least it had a decent GUI.

Donald
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