[DUG] Anyone need XP Pro?

[Alister Christie]

I purchased an OEM XP Home the other day - with no hardware

Alister Christie
Computers for People
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Neven MacEwan wrote:
> 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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