On Wednesday 08 May 2002 01:30, Frank Shute wrote:
On Wed, May 08, 2002 at 12:05:14AM +0100, an Outlook Express user
wrote:
If we are going to 'dis' the 'opposition' and bring on board the wider community we need to atttack where it is needed and not otherwise. All this Microsoft statement every meant was that if you acquired a PC that had had MS windows on then you were entitled to it IF you wanted it. Perfectly reasonable if that is what you want.
You obviously have difficulty reading or comprehending (from www.microsoft.com):
Q. Why should a donor include the operating system with their PC donation?
A. It is a legal requirement that pre-installed operating systems remain with a machine for the life of the machine. If a company or individual donates a machine to your school, it must be donated with the operating system that was installed on the PC.
There's plenty of real stuff to attack so lets gets those sights focussed!
Have another go to see if you can detect any MS FUD in the above paragraphs and then perhaps you can advise us whether it's appropriate for that company to peddle such a lie and whether it's proper to focus upon it in such a forum as this.
They probably meant that the company donating the machine can't sell the machine on and keep the licence for say a newer one. Interesting to test that in court. OEM EULA probably state that its not legal to transfer the license but certainly in the USA there was a court case saying otherwise. As it is worded it seems to imply that the school must use the license but I think that is probably just careless drafting. Regards, -- IanL