Hi Ron,
You haven't answered the OP's second question: Has anyone taken Microsoft to
court on this issue?
From what I've read it's more that Microsoft hasn't taken anyone to court
when terms of the EULA have not been adhered to by the end user.
Alan
"Ron Martell" <ron.martell******.com> wrote in message
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> skeeter@tritel.net wrote:
>
>>If I buy a new car with Goodyear tires I can removing
>>them and put them on my other car or any another car I
>>want.
>>If I but a new computer with XP or Vista why can't I
>>remove the OS and put it on my other computer.
>>Can some explain this in simple terms? I'm sure it's
>>been asked before.
>>Why is Microsoft special? Has anyone taken them to
>>court on this issue?
>>** Posted from http://www.teranews.com **
>
> When you purchased the car you acquired ownership of the vehicle and
> all of its components, including the tires. Therefore you, as the
> owner, can do almost anything you want with them. Note the "almost
> anything". For example, you cannot (in most places) burn the tires
> becauise of air pollution laws.
>
> When you purchase the new computer with Windows preinstalled you do
> not acquire ownership of Windows. That remains the property of
> Microsoft. What you acquire is a license (or permit if you prefer) to
> use one copy of Windows subject to the terms and conditions specified
> in the license. And one of these terms in the license for
> preinstalled Windows (commonly called OEM Windows) is that the license
> is permanently locked to the first computer that it is installed on
> and cannot be transferred to another computer under any circumstances.
>
> Microsoft is not special. All software companies are legally
> entitled to specifiy the terms and conditions under which their
> software is licensed, and these license terms have been upheld in
> court on a vast number of occasions.
>
> Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
> --
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>
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> has never been in bed with a mosquito."