Re: MS FUD

2002-05-01 Thread Michael Fratoni
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 01 May 2002 09:18 pm, G. T. Francisco, III wrote: > On Tue, Apr 30, 2002 at 11:44:18PM -0400, Michael Fratoni said: > > Q. Why should a donor include the operating system with their PC > > donation? > > > > A. It is a legal requirement th

Re: MS FUD

2002-05-01 Thread G. T. Francisco, III
On Tue, Apr 30, 2002 at 11:44:18PM -0400, Michael Fratoni said: > Q. Why should a donor include the operating system with their PC donation? > > A. It is a legal requirement that pre-installed operating systems remain > with a machine for the life of the machine. If a company or individual > do

Re: [OT] Re: MS FUD

2002-05-01 Thread ABrady
On Wed, 1 May 2002 11:58:40 +0200 Thomas Ribbrock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> quietly intimated: > 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 wo

Re: [OT] Re: MS FUD

2002-05-01 Thread Thomas Ribbrock
On Wed, May 01, 2002 at 12:13:01PM +0100, Gary Stainburn wrote: > The problem does not arise with the *retail* copy of Windows, but does with > the OEM version. > > Original Equipment Manufacturer versions are sold at a discount (we'll give > you 20% off each license but you *MUST* sell a copy

Re: [OT] Re: MS FUD

2002-05-01 Thread Gary Stainburn
On Wednesday 01 May 2002 10:58 am, Thomas Ribbrock wrote: > 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

[OT] Re: MS FUD

2002-05-01 Thread Thomas Ribbrock
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, m

Re: MS FUD

2002-04-30 Thread Michael Fratoni
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 30 April 2002 11:55 pm, Rob Saul wrote: > Well, you wouldn't want unaccounted for copies > of Windows floating around would you? (Back in my > gaming days we referred to this as 'wandering damage' :) No of course not! ;) The intent of th

Re: MS FUD

2002-04-30 Thread Rob Saul
Well, you wouldn't want unaccounted for copies of Windows floating around would you? (Back in my gaming days we referred to this as 'wandering damage' :) ~Rob On Tuesday 30 April 2002 08:44, you wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > > Just found this site, and f

Re: MS FUD

2002-04-30 Thread ABrady
On Tue, 30 Apr 2002 23:44:18 -0400 Michael Fratoni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> quietly intimated: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > > Just found this site, and found it quite interesting. > http://www.microsoft.com/education/?id=DonatedComputers > > According to that site: > Q. Wh

MS FUD

2002-04-30 Thread Michael Fratoni
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Just found this site, and found it quite interesting. http://www.microsoft.com/education/?id=DonatedComputers According to that site: Q. Why should a donor include the operating system with their PC donation? A. It is a legal requirement that pre-