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Desktop Linux is Windows piracy aide (Silicon.com)Desktop Linux is Windows piracy aide (Silicon.com)Posted Sep 30, 2004 18:08 UTC (Thu) by nhasan (subscriber, #1699)In reply to: Desktop Linux is Windows piracy aide (Silicon.com) by arasila Parent article: Desktop Linux is Windows piracy aide (Silicon.com)
That copy is probably licensed for use with only *that* laptop.
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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.
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