If it smells fishy, its most likely fish.

--
Dave

Hypocrisy. Big SUV, filament lights on all night. You think your neighbor
should be changiing to compact fluorescent light bulbs and driving the
hybrid.
"Alan" <somewhere@nospam.not> wrote in message
news:O%23tYT3BoIHA.4928@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> 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
> news:3a3d04p10mabt2ihtq55l2te5o3ji9bbi1@4ax.com...
>> 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
>> --
>> Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2008)
>> On-Line Help Computer Service
>> http://onlinehelp.bc.ca
>>
>> "Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference
>> has never been in bed with a mosquito."
>
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