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Old 10-03-2006   #1 (permalink)
DeserT DwelleR
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Time limit

I understand from a customer that there may be a time limit (or rental) of
Vista once it is released.
The person said when you buy it the license is only good for 1 year, can any
one please confirm if this is true or not?

Thank you



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Old 10-03-2006   #2 (permalink)
Dan W.
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Re: Time limit

DeserT DwelleR wrote:
> I understand from a customer that there may be a time limit (or rental) of
> Vista once it is released.
> The person said when you buy it the license is only good for 1 year, can any
> one please confirm if this is true or not?
>
> Thank you
>
>


I have not heard anything about this and I strongly state my objection
to any kind of rental type plan that Microsoft may be thinking up. If
this is true then Microsoft will hear from me about how I oppose it and
why. Microsoft is a good company that listens to me and others and you
just have to be knowledgeable and know how to work the system.

--
Dan W.

Computer User
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Old 10-03-2006   #3 (permalink)
Max
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Re: Time limit

Ask The Person where they might have heard such a thing.
Always consider the source.

--
Maxwell Bluemeanie
"DeserT DwelleR" <desert@dweller.com> wrote in message
news:12i4m243klc6293@corp.supernews.com...
>I understand from a customer that there may be a time limit (or rental) of
>Vista once it is released.
> The person said when you buy it the license is only good for 1 year, can
> any one please confirm if this is true or not?
>
> Thank you
>


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Old 10-03-2006   #4 (permalink)
BChat
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Re: Time limit

Even is my wildest drug-enhanced-drunken-state of 1968 I cannot imagine that
happening. I did imagine other cool things though

"DeserT DwelleR" <desert@dweller.com> wrote in message
news:12i4m243klc6293@corp.supernews.com...
I understand from a customer that there may be a time limit (or rental) of
Vista once it is released.
The person said when you buy it the license is only good for 1 year, can any
one please confirm if this is true or not?

Thank you


My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 10-03-2006   #5 (permalink)
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
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Re: Time limit

"The person said..."
Does the person have a source? If not...

If such a thing would happen you would not need to ask here.
Such a major change would fill the technology news sites, these newsgroups
and probably get heavy coverage in much of the media.

The person may have misunderstood something, may like to spread false
rumours, or something else.
We do not know your customer so you can determine which far better than us.

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
http://www.dts-l.org


"DeserT DwelleR" <desert@dweller.com> wrote in message
news:12i4m243klc6293@corp.supernews.com...
>I understand from a customer that there may be a time limit (or rental) of
>Vista once it is released.
> The person said when you buy it the license is only good for 1 year, can
> any one please confirm if this is true or not?
>
> Thank you



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Old 10-03-2006   #6 (permalink)
Clint
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Re: Time limit

There is definitely a time limit on the Beta/RC-x releases that are
currently available, and support for those releases will stop as soon as the
regular release is out, I believe.

Considering the price of Vista that's been put forward, I can't imagine that
rumour being true. There's enough complaints about that, and the lack of a
SOHO bundle price (a la Apple) that Microsoft shouldn't be seriously
considering a silly scheme like annual fees. But stranger things have
happened.

Clint

"DeserT DwelleR" <desert@dweller.com> wrote in message
news:12i4m243klc6293@corp.supernews.com...
>I understand from a customer that there may be a time limit (or rental) of
>Vista once it is released.
> The person said when you buy it the license is only good for 1 year, can
> any one please confirm if this is true or not?
>
> Thank you
>



My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 10-03-2006   #7 (permalink)
DeserT DwelleR
Guest


 

Re: Time limit


"DeserT DwelleR" <desert@dweller.com> wrote in message
news:12i4m243klc6293@corp.supernews.com...
>I understand from a customer that there may be a time limit (or rental) of
>Vista once it is released.
> The person said when you buy it the license is only good for 1 year, can
> any one please confirm if this is true or not?
>
> Thank you
>


Thanx for all of the response...


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Old 10-03-2006   #8 (permalink)
William
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Re: Time limit

If that was true, then I would definitely stick to Windows XP Professional and when the time came to invest in new computers look to purchasing an Apple iMac, or perhaps a Mac Mini depending on how much I want to pay for it.

William
"DeserT DwelleR" <desert@dweller.com> wrote in message news:12i4m243klc6293@corp.supernews.com...
I understand from a customer that there may be a time limit (or rental) of
Vista once it is released.
The person said when you buy it the license is only good for 1 year, can any
one please confirm if this is true or not?

Thank you


My System SpecsSystem Spec
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