[DUG] Anyone need XP Pro?

[Rob van der Linde]

As far as I recall, XP OEM can be sold with either a new PC, HDD, CPU or
Motherboard, well that is what I recall from 4 or 5 years ago, when I
was working in a computer store. Maybe they have changed the rules a bit
now, I don't know.

I am not even sure if it necessarily means a new CPU. Maybe you can sell
them with an old dinosaur 486 CPU, i.e. don't 'break' the rules, but
'twist' them :)

On Fri, 2007-06-15 at 00:03 +1200, Brian Wrigley wrote:
> Hi Neven,
> 
> My point is that it's probably not valid to sell OEM licences the way
> Richard's friend wants to. Microsoft never intended them to be tradeable in
> that way, and that's part of the reason they're sold at a discount.
> 
> OK, so you don't really care, and neither do I - and, after all, it's only
> Microsoft, and they're fair game - right? Still, I feel a little uneasy to
> see any software company's licence treated in so cavalier a fashion.
> 
> Brian
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Neven MacEwan" <neven at mwk.co.nz>
> To: "NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List" <delphi at delphi.org.nz>
> Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 10:20 PM
> Subject: Re: [DUG] Anyone need XP Pro?
> 
> 
> > Brian
> >
> > Ingram Micro (neeTechpac) sold oem with a hdd so your point is?
> > after all M$ is not the riaa
> >
> > Neven
> > > Hi Berend,
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Berend de Boer" <berend at pobox.com>
> > > To: "NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List" <delphi at delphi.org.nz>
> > > Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 6:53 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [DUG] Anyone need XP Pro?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >>>>>>> "Brian" == Brian Wrigley <bswrigley at xtra.co.nz> writes:
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>     Brian> Surely OEM licences can't be sold without the computer
> > >>     Brian> systems to which they apply?
> > >>
> > >> No, OEM license is a license without support. That's all.
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > >> Berend de Boer
> > >>
> > >
> > > As well as the stuff about contacting your hardware supplier for
> support,
> > > OEM licences I've seen include a statement like, "If the SOFTWARE
> PRODUCT is
> > > not accompanied by a new computer system or computer system component,
> you
> > > may not use or copy the SOFTWARE PRODUCT."
> > >
> > > Maybe Microsoft took that line out after OEMs sold a lot of mouse mats
> and
> > > mounting brackets licensed for Windows.
> > >
> > > Brian
> 
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