Why shouldn't he do it? If Microsoft allows it, then he should do it for
convience. It's not like he is stealing. The software allows it, it's
Microsoft's goof.


"Dale" <nospam@nospam.ever> wrote in message
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> Not even I can defend Microsoft's licensing on this one. I laughed out
> loud for several minutes over this one.
>
> Of course, the right thing is, if you know you don't qualify for the
> upgrade, you should not do this... Now, the question is, how the heck are
> you supposed to know that a trial version of Vista doesn't qualify for an
> upgrade to the full version? I guess we'll have to wait for some official
> word from Microsoft. *still laughing my a.. off*
>
> Dale
>
> "Ray Rogers" <me@home.ca> wrote in message
> news:B8A6EB64-E915-44BA-B5A8-D0BAB1524E19@microsoft.com...[color=green]
>>
>> "Rob" <Rob@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:1F1DBA66-E0B7-42FA-9BFA-C6F8447B43A4@microsoft.com...[color=darkred]
>>> "MICHAEL" wrote:
>>>
>>>> This is called a *major* goof on Microsoft's part.
>>>>
>>>> The ability to do this has a lot of implications.
>>>>
>>>> -Michael
>>>
>>> Yes, like who's going to buy the full version when you can get the
>>> upgrade
>>> that does the same thing for a lot less albeit takes a little longer to
>>> install.[/color]
>>
>> Heads will probably roll over this one.
>> --
>> Ray Rogers[/color]
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