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  • L Lost User

    And.... What's the big deal?


    Extreme Exe

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    Chris S Kaiser
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    The original license only allowed installing twice. After that you had to call in to support to reactivate. Bad licensing.

    What's in a sig? This statement is false. Build a bridge and get over it. ~ Chris Maunder

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    • J Joe Woodbury

      Which is why I wrote "...retail license agreement...":)

      Anyone who thinks he has a better idea of what's good for people than people do is a swine. - P.J. O'Rourke

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      Jon Sagara
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      Indeed. :doh:

      Jon Sagara When I grow up, I'm changing my name to Joe Kickass! My Site | My Blog | My Articles

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      • C Christian Graus

        The rules for OEM have existed from day one.

        Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog

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        Lost User
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        Christian Graus wrote:

        The rules for OEM have existed from day one.

        They still suck...

        "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss

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        • J Joe Woodbury

          Microsoft has revised the retail license agreement to allow a user to reinstall their copy of Vista as many times as they wish as long as it's not installed on two devices simultaneously. http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=4802[^]

          Anyone who thinks he has a better idea of what's good for people than people do is a swine. - P.J. O'Rourke

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          Jeremy Falcon
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          Joe Woodbury wrote:

          Microsoft has revised the retail license agreement to allow a user to reinstall their copy of Vista as many times as they wish as long as it's not installed on two devices simultaneously.

          Now the question remains, why did they have that clause in the first place?

          Jeremy Falcon A multithreaded, OpenGL-enabled application.[^]

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          • J Jeremy Falcon

            Joe Woodbury wrote:

            Microsoft has revised the retail license agreement to allow a user to reinstall their copy of Vista as many times as they wish as long as it's not installed on two devices simultaneously.

            Now the question remains, why did they have that clause in the first place?

            Jeremy Falcon A multithreaded, OpenGL-enabled application.[^]

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            Michael P Butler
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            Jeremy Falcon wrote:

            Now the question remains, why did they have that clause in the first place?

            because by "changing their mind", they now look like they are "listening to their customers".

            Michael CP Blog [^] Development Blog [^]

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              Jeremy Falcon wrote:

              Now the question remains, why did they have that clause in the first place?

              because by "changing their mind", they now look like they are "listening to their customers".

              Michael CP Blog [^] Development Blog [^]

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              Jeremy Falcon
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              :-D

              Jeremy Falcon A multithreaded, OpenGL-enabled application.[^]

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              • L Lost User

                Christian Graus wrote:

                The rules for OEM have existed from day one.

                They still suck...

                "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss

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                Rohde
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                That's why the OEM version is cheap(er).

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                • J Joe Woodbury

                  Microsoft has revised the retail license agreement to allow a user to reinstall their copy of Vista as many times as they wish as long as it's not installed on two devices simultaneously. http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=4802[^]

                  Anyone who thinks he has a better idea of what's good for people than people do is a swine. - P.J. O'Rourke

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                  Rocky Moore
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                  Thats good news. Again, Microsoft got enough flak, they actually changed their minds. Now if they would allow a five install license like OS-X!

                  Rocky <>< Latest Code Blog Post: ASP.NET HttpException - Cannot use leading "..".. Latest Tech Blog Post: Vista - Little Things

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                  • J Joe Woodbury

                    Microsoft has revised the retail license agreement to allow a user to reinstall their copy of Vista as many times as they wish as long as it's not installed on two devices simultaneously. http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=4802[^]

                    Anyone who thinks he has a better idea of what's good for people than people do is a swine. - P.J. O'Rourke

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                    Jochen_Muenchen
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                    well, they just changed the wording so that now everyone can read what I told here already some weeks ago ... Jochen

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                    • R Rocky Moore

                      Thats good news. Again, Microsoft got enough flak, they actually changed their minds. Now if they would allow a five install license like OS-X!

                      Rocky <>< Latest Code Blog Post: ASP.NET HttpException - Cannot use leading "..".. Latest Tech Blog Post: Vista - Little Things

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                      realJSOP
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                      Even *I* would buy it if they did that...

                      "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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                      "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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                      • R Rocky Moore

                        Thats good news. Again, Microsoft got enough flak, they actually changed their minds. Now if they would allow a five install license like OS-X!

                        Rocky <>< Latest Code Blog Post: ASP.NET HttpException - Cannot use leading "..".. Latest Tech Blog Post: Vista - Little Things

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                        Dan Neely
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                        Rocky Moore wrote:

                        Now if they would allow a five install license like OS-X!

                        Never going to happen. OSX is a loss leader, apple makes it's money on the hardware. Windows is MSes cash cow.

                        -- Rules of thumb should not be taken for the whole hand.

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                        • J Jochen_Muenchen

                          well, they just changed the wording so that now everyone can read what I told here already some weeks ago ... Jochen

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                          Michael A Barnhart
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                          Jochen_Muenchen wrote:

                          they just changed the wording so that now everyone can read what I told here already some weeks ago

                          NO they changed the terms to change what was clearly not acceptable to a significant group of people. You can not just say I want it to mean this and ignore what it legally really says.

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