On Mi, 24 nov 10, 09:13:39, Joe wrote: > Do most of you realise that almost all copies of Windows, and > many of Windows Server, are contractually tied to the hardware? You can > replace the motherboard only if the original is unobtainable, you > cannot simply buy a new computer and move the OS to it. Not under your > EULA, anyway. And yet again, we're talking money. A portable copy of > Windows will cost twice the price of the tied OEM version, so few > people outside the IT business bother. And you wouldn't believe the > virtualisation licensing, some versions of Windows not being permitted > to run virtually under any conditions.
I don't know about other places, but here not many people care about such restriction, not even in business environments. I'm guessing Microsoft itself is also not very keen on changing the situation because given the average revenue too many people would be looking for less costly alternatives, which would break their monopoly. Regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic
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