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Re: Windows 7?

From Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: Windows 7?
Date 2014-05-18 10:05 +0200
Organization PostgreSQL and SQLite
Message-ID <676m4b-mf9.ln1@news.chingola.ch> (permalink)
References (2 earlier) <ll2i6e$969$1@solani.org> <vilain-91AF9F.08514915052014@news.individual.net> <flebn91r95i2f750vttjsea69d92uk5g9m@4ax.com> <vilain-602722.09204617052014@news.individual.net> <180520141024129498%YourName@YourISP.com>

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On 2014-05-17, Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
> In article <vilain-602722.09204617052014@news.individual.net>, Michael
> Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> wrote:
>> 
>> The OEM disk is a valid copy. Got it from TigerDirect. Came with all the 
>> certificates. It validated when I first installed it, but when I had to 
>> install it again, it didn't validate any more and I had to call for 
>> authorization codes.  I paid good money for it, so why isn't it a valid 
>> copy?
>
> OEM = Original Equipment Manufacturer
> Such a version is inly valid when installed on the original computer it
> came with, as intended. Anyone selling OEM versions separately is
> breaking their Microsoft agreement, and the law in some countries.

Balderdash.  You can buy OEM distributions separately from a computer.

They also come with software to build your own custom installation and
"first boot startup experience", and strictly speaking you are supposed
to resell the computer, but Microsoft have never enforced this.

From a pro-Microsoftie:

<http://www.zdnet.com/blog/bott/is-it-ok-to-use-oem-windows-on-your-own-pc-dont-ask-microsoft/1561>

and a bit more:

<http://www.everything-microsoft.com/2009/11/16/the-oem-eula-mystery-unravelled/>

Since Windows 8 came out they have apparently changed their stance, and
specifically allow you to run it on a computer you build yourself, or in
a separate partition or virtual machine

<http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-radically-overhauls-license-agreements-for-windows-8-7000002866/>

-- 
Paul Sture

The final step of #heartbleed recovery is to call your mother, and advise
her to change her maiden name                                  -- @gojomo

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Windows 7? ErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid> - 2014-05-15 15:31 +0200
  Re: Windows 7? "Puffin Killer" <puffythekiller@telus.net> - 2014-05-15 09:59 -0400
    Re: Windows 7? ErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid> - 2014-05-15 16:15 +0200
      Re: Windows 7? Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2014-05-15 08:51 -0700
        Re: Windows 7? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-05-15 16:03 -0400
        Re: Windows 7? Barry OGrady <atheist@hotmail.com.au> - 2014-05-16 17:14 +1000
          Re: Windows 7? Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-05-16 22:20 +0200
            Re: Windows 7? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-05-17 15:57 +0000
              Re: Windows 7? ErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid> - 2014-05-17 19:32 +0200
          Re: Windows 7? Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2014-05-17 09:20 -0700
            Re: Windows 7? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-05-18 10:24 +1200
              Re: Windows 7? ErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid> - 2014-05-18 03:20 +0200
                Re: Windows 7? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-05-18 14:37 +1200
                Re: Windows 7? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-05-18 02:43 +0000
              Re: Windows 7? Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-05-18 10:05 +0200
                Re: Windows 7? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-05-19 09:35 +1200
                Re: Windows 7? ErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid> - 2014-05-19 01:22 +0200
                Re: Windows 7? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-05-19 13:25 +1200
                Re: Windows 7? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-05-19 02:40 +0000
                Re: Windows 7? ErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid> - 2014-05-19 12:43 +0200
                Re: Windows 7? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-05-20 09:06 +1200
                Re: Windows 7? ErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid> - 2014-05-20 00:04 +0200
                Re: Windows 7? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-05-20 13:31 +1200
    Re: Windows 7? Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2014-05-15 22:49 -0400
      Re: Windows 7? "Puffin Killer" <puffythekiller@telus.net> - 2014-05-18 18:34 -0400
        Re: Windows 7? Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2014-05-18 21:12 -0700
          Re: Windows 7? ErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid> - 2014-05-19 12:47 +0200
          Re: Windows 7? "Puffin Killer" <puffythekiller@telus.net> - 2014-05-19 16:54 -0400
            Re: Windows 7? Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2014-05-19 19:09 -0700
              Re: Windows 7? "Puffin Killer" <puffythekiller@telus.net> - 2014-05-20 10:04 -0400
                Re: Windows 7? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-05-20 07:57 -0700
                Re: Windows 7? "Puffin Killer" <puffythekiller@telus.net> - 2014-05-20 11:05 -0400
                Re: Windows 7? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-05-20 08:44 -0700
                Re: Windows 7? "Puffin Killer" <puffythekiller@telus.net> - 2014-05-20 12:18 -0400
                Re: Windows 7? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-05-20 09:47 -0700
                Re: Windows 7? Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2014-05-20 09:49 -0700
                Re: Windows 7? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-05-20 10:28 -0700
                Re: Windows 7? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-05-20 18:32 +0000
                Re: Windows 7? Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2014-05-20 11:43 -0700
                Re: Windows 7? "Puffin Killer" <puffythekiller@telus.net> - 2014-05-20 15:15 -0400
                Re: Windows 7? Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2014-05-20 23:28 -0700
                Re: Windows 7? "Puffin Killer" <puffythekiller@telus.net> - 2014-05-21 08:28 -0400
                Re: Windows 7? Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2014-05-21 08:54 -0700
                Re: Windows 7? "Puffin Killer" <puffythekiller@telus.net> - 2014-05-21 19:17 -0400
                Re: Windows 7? Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2014-05-21 23:16 -0700
                Re: Windows 7? "Puffin Killer" <puffythekiller@telus.net> - 2014-05-22 09:35 -0400
                Re: Windows 7? Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2014-05-22 07:35 -0700
                Re: Windows 7? "Puffin Killer" <puffythekiller@telus.net> - 2014-05-22 13:01 -0400
                Re: Windows 7? "Puffin Killer" <puffythekiller@telus.net> - 2014-05-21 19:23 -0400
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                Re: Windows 7? "Puffin Killer" <puffythekiller@telus.net> - 2014-05-21 19:24 -0400
                Re: Windows 7? "Puffin Killer" <puffythekiller@telus.net> - 2014-05-22 13:02 -0400
                Re: Windows 7? George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2014-05-21 16:10 -0500
                Re: Windows 7? George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2014-05-21 16:03 -0500
                Re: Windows 7? Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2014-05-20 08:52 -0700
                Re: Windows 7? "Puffin Killer" <puffythekiller@telus.net> - 2014-05-20 12:19 -0400
                Re: Windows 7? Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2014-05-20 09:41 -0700
                Re: Windows 7? Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-05-20 17:53 +0100
                Re: Windows 7? "Puffin Killer" <puffythekiller@telus.net> - 2014-05-20 15:09 -0400
                Re: Windows 7? Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2014-05-20 13:12 -0700
                Re: Windows 7? Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-05-20 22:52 +0100
                Re: Windows 7? "Puffin Killer" <puffythekiller@telus.net> - 2014-05-20 17:56 -0400
                Re: Windows 7? Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2014-05-20 15:18 -0700
                Re: Windows 7? "Puffin Killer" <puffythekiller@telus.net> - 2014-05-20 19:07 -0400
                Re: Windows 7? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-05-20 19:40 -0700
                Re: Windows 7? "D.F. Manno" <dfmanno@mail.com> - 2014-05-20 20:26 -0400
                Re: Windows 7? "Puffin Killer" <puffythekiller@telus.net> - 2014-05-21 08:32 -0400
                Re: Windows 7? "D.F. Manno" <dfmanno@mail.com> - 2014-05-21 14:21 -0400
                Re: Windows 7? "Puffin Killer" <puffythekiller@telus.net> - 2014-05-21 19:18 -0400
                Re: Windows 7? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-05-20 19:39 -0700
                Re: Windows 7? "Puffin Killer" <puffythekiller@telus.net> - 2014-05-21 08:30 -0400
                Re: Windows 7? George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2014-05-21 16:13 -0500
  Re: Windows 7? Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-05-15 19:18 +0200
    Re: Windows 7? ErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid> - 2014-05-15 21:12 +0200
      Re: Windows 7? Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-05-15 21:56 +0200
        Re: Windows 7? ErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid> - 2014-05-16 00:31 +0200
    Re: Windows 7? Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-05-15 22:02 +0200
      Re: Windows 7? billy@MIX.COM - 2014-05-15 22:19 +0000
        Re: Windows 7? Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-05-17 02:46 +0200
  Re: Windows 7? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-05-15 15:57 -0400
  Re: Windows 7? Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2014-05-15 22:50 -0400
  Re: Windows 7? Barry OGrady <atheist@hotmail.com.au> - 2014-05-16 17:10 +1000
    Re: Windows 7? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-05-17 11:04 +1200

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