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Desktop Linux is Windows piracy aide (Silicon.com)Desktop Linux is Windows piracy aide (Silicon.com)Posted Sep 30, 2004 16:24 UTC (Thu) by arasila (guest, #20891)Parent article: Desktop Linux is Windows piracy aide (Silicon.com)
Same can be said about WinXP "Starter Edition". But MS doesn't care. All they worry about is the 60% that sticks with Linux.
BTW, I'm writing this with HP laptop -- with a legal and fully licenced copy of WinXP I have never used. I would be happy to give it away to just anyone who's actually willing to touch it.
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Desktop Linux is Windows piracy aide (Silicon.com) Posted Sep 30, 2004 18:08 UTC (Thu) by nhasan (subscriber, #1699) [Link] That copy is probably licensed for use with only *that* laptop.
Desktop Linux is Windows piracy aide (Silicon.com) Posted Oct 1, 2004 7:18 UTC (Fri) by hingo (guest, #14792) [Link] And that part of the license is probably not enforcable in many jurisdictions throughout the world.
Desktop Linux is Windows piracy aide (Silicon.com) Posted Oct 1, 2004 8:00 UTC (Fri) by Los__D (subscriber, #15263) [Link] I must admit to never trying, but I have this feeling that you cannot install it to another computer than the brand/model you bought it with...
Anyone that has tried?
Desktop Linux is Windows piracy aide (Silicon.com) Posted Oct 7, 2004 20:06 UTC (Thu) by jmason (guest, #13586) [Link] yep, that's true. those copies of XP are locked in some way, as "OEM copies".
I found this out when I tried to install my Thinkpad's licensed copy of XP into a VMWare partition. (I don't use XP on the hardware itself, but I couldn't buy a Thinkpad without it -- grr!! -- and a VMWare instance running under linux, if/when I need it, would be useful.)
Desktop Linux is Windows piracy aide (Silicon.com) Posted Oct 1, 2004 12:08 UTC (Fri) by arasila (guest, #20891) [Link] Unfortunately that's true -- only for this laptop.
But I haven't used any MS software since 2000, and yet MS insist me to pay them money for it. And they actually dare to complain that *they* are not treated fairly by Linux users and distributors.
Desktop Linux is Windows piracy aide (Silicon.com) Posted Sep 30, 2004 18:13 UTC (Thu) by sandy_pond (guest, #9734) [Link] I'm issuing a report stating that 100 per cent of Windows PCs I've purchased were modified to run a legal copy of Linux, an illegal monopoly manoeuvre by Microsoft that has cost me money and increased the illegal profits gained by Microsoft.I truly believe that the total number of PCs that have had Windows ripped out and replaced with Linux exceed the reverse.
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