On Thu, 22 May 2008 17:36:39 +0200, Alias <iamalias@NOSPAMgmail.com>
wrote:
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>Nijmegen wrote:[color=green]
>> The answer is: USERS (not manufacturers) should get the RETAIL version, since
>> you CAN'T reinstall the OEM version on another motherboard![/color][/color]

This, of course, is a bold-faced lie. Most of use know exactly the
opposite: one CAN reinstall the OEM version when a mother board has
been changed out.

This has absolutely NOTHING to do with "can or can't", and EVERTHING
to do with "We won't let you".
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>Does the EULA say that? I know that the XP OEM generic version's EULA
>does NOT say that.[/color]

Of course, it doesn't. NOR does the Vista OEM EULA. This is STRICTLY
a lie meant to discourage users from doing it.

Or it is a misunderstanding caused by nubies posting to these groups.
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>Snip MS employee's opinion, which, of course, is useless because he,
>like Carey, is told to sell Vista retail anyway he can.
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>Alias[/color]

You know, "Alias", we are usually at odds, but in this, I fully
concurr.

These "rules"have absolutely nothing to do with "support". They have
EVERYTHING to do with Microsoft's "Bottom Line". 60G-bucks in the
bank is not enough money for them. They want MORE, and MORE, and
MORE.

And they want MORE AND MORE AND MORE control over OUR machines.
Like they will ever get it...

Not as long as I am alive.


Donald L McDaniel
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