[X4U] Boot Camp

[Stroller]

On 8 Aug 2006, at 08:12, Robert Ameeti wrote:
>>
>> 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.

In the quoted above you conveniently edited my statement that:
>> The law is defined by elected representatives and interpreted in  
>> court ("case law").

You have still not answered the question, Mr Ameeti, and to base an  
argument for legality on the most outrageous demands dreamed up by a  
bunch of lawyers employed by a convinced monopolist doesn't sound  
very respectable either.

It is a completely irrelevant analogy to compare stealing bicycles  
with a copy of Windows that has been bought and paid for. Were one to  
be sued by Microsoft for installing an OEM copy of Windows then one  
would NOT be "prosecuted"; it would be a civil disagreement between  
two parties over contract terms.

I decided to look up the term "shill", because I hear the word used  
so often in the context of Microsoft supporters. The description "an  
accomplice of a hawker, gambler, or swindler who acts as an  
enthusiastic customer to entice or encourage others" would seem to  
apply far better to you than to anyone else I have ever encountered  
on the Internet.

It is quite clear that you have some personal agenda that leads you  
to fear-monger over this issue.
Please stop spouting this nonsense unless you are prepared to back it  
up with facts.

Stroller.