[NCLUG] Re: Thoughts on Linux Users

[dlc]

Lets not forget that you can buy legit Windows install CD's on-line if 
they are OEM copies and they send you a piece of PC hardware with it. 
Usually the hardware doesn't even work, but that is what the license 
agreement specifically states must happen to sell the OEM install disk.

DLC

Chad Perrin wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 10, 2007 at 06:12:49PM -0700, Bob Proulx wrote:
> 
>>I found this following article very interesting reading.  It ties
>>right in with what you are saying here.
>>
>>  http://articles.tlug.jp/Windows_Is_Free
> 
> 
> I found it quite interesting, too.  I don't agree 100% with the
> conclusions -- I think it's a case of trying to apply part of the answer
> to a question as the *only* answer[1] -- but it makes excellent points.
> 
> 
> [1]: I think the fact that MS Windows comes "free" with new hardware a
> lot of the time is about as big a contributor to the perception of MS
> Windows as "free" as the availability and ubiquity of "illegal" use of MS
> Windows.  In fact, I think the universality of preinstalled MS Windows on
> new computers helps contribute to the availability of "illegal" MS
> Windows installs -- after all, it is often illegal to give away a
> computer with MS Windows installed on it, even if it was legal to keep it
> and use it yourself, according to the licensing terms.  The line between
> legal and illegal use of MS Windows becomes hopelessly blurred because of
> ridiculous situations like that.
> 

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