On Wed, May 01, 2002 at 12:42:05AM -0400, Michael Fratoni wrote: [...] > It is true that if the machine is donated, the person donating it can not > retain the installation media, and then put what would be an illegal copy > on their new machine. [...]
Now you got me confused (but admittedly, my experience with any MS Windows install medias/licences more recent than Win 3.1 is severely limited): - If I have a machine with a legal copy of Win XX on it, wipe Win XX off the machine, sell/donate the machine and then proceed to install said legal copy of Win XX on my own, new machine - that's illegal? If so, then MS is even worse than I thought it is... - If - given the same scenario - I do not wipe Win XX before selling/donating the machine, wouldn't the copy on the machine be illegal rather than the installation I made from the legal medias I kept? %-} Anyway, one more reason to stick with Linux, *BSD or maybe Solaris... Cheerio, Thomas -- http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html ...'cause only lusers quote signatures! Thomas Ribbrock | http://www.ribbrock.org | ICQ#: 15839919 "You have to live on the edge of reality - to make your dreams come true!" _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
