[X4U] Boot Camp

[Robert Ameeti]

At 5:25 PM +0100, 8/7/06, Stroller wrote:

>On 7 Aug 2006, at 15:17, Robert Ameeti wrote:
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>>At 9:09 AM -0500, 8/7/06, Doug LaBore wrote:
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>>>Sure you can buy OEM versions (Pro for $114 and home version for $78) which
>>>means you only get the Microsoft install disk and nothing else ( no manual
>>>or pretty box) but it a completely legal copy.
>>
>>That would not be a completely legal copy unless you are an OEM 
>>purchasing it so that you can build computers. Read the license for 
>>all of what is required to be an OEM. It is more than wanting to 
>>install it on a purchased computer for your own use.
>



>Has Microsoft actually ever pursued _in court_ an individual who has 
>installed an OEM copy of Windows for their own use?

Your question has no bearing on the question of whether it is legal 
to do or not. You are merely saying that the person is not likely to 
be sued by Microsoft. Similar to the number of persons prosecuted for 
stealing bicycles.  Close to zero so it must be legal and ok to do. 
To base an argument for the legality on the likelihood of prosecution 
doesn't sound like a very respectable society.
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Robert Ameeti

Murphy's 5th Law: If anything just cannot go wrong, it will anyway.
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