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Re: [LUG] Interesting article about the MS Vista EULA

 

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Simon Avery wrote:
> Rob Beard wrote:
> 
>> There is an interesting article about the EULA on MS Vista on The 
>> Register at the moment. 
> 
> It's really scary. They've effectively stopped anyone running Vista in a 
> virtual machine legally, and I don't understand why - surely that's as 
> valid a source of revenue as any other?
> 
> I'm no sure fair use is obtained by capping the maximum times you can 
> reinstall either.
> 
> And the cost!
> 
> Madness!
> 
> I'm pretty sure most of my office machines will be staying with XP for a 
> long time, and when upgrading I'll be pushing for whatever Ubuntu is 
> doing at the time.
> 
Methinks this will make an interesting topic of discussion for the UK
wide IT meeting on Wednesday..

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Neil Stone

Systems Administrator
FlashTek UK

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