On Wed, 2003-10-08 at 06:27, Ryan Ware wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Tom Penney [mailto:blots at visi.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 12:03 AM > > To: TCLUG > > Subject: Re: Software licenses was Re: [TCLUG] [Somewhat OT] Good 1U > > Hardware for Linux > > > > > > I had a OEM copy of MS office XP. Which I paid for jumped though the > > hoops to use. A couple of months went by and for reasons I > > wont go into > > I needed MS Access which does not come with the version of office I > > owned. I decided to sell my copy of office and purchase another OEM MS > > Office XP version that does come with MS Access. It was my > > understanding > > that I owned my old copy of office, which I no longer needed, and I > > OEM binds that license to the machine with which it came. A lot of > companies have been stung by that. You get a pc for a user with oem office. > Later you redeploy that to someone else who doesn't need office, so you > think you have an office license to use elsewhere, nope. You buy another > copy for the other user. OEM while saving money upfront will cost you > unless you know for sure that a particular machine will never not need that > office. Plus when that pc is parted out at the end of its life, the office > license dies, now you can go get another one. Far better to buy the real > thing if you actually need office. I realize this is what MS wants everyone to believe but it was my understanding that this is not legal. I'm not a lawyer and I don't care to hire one over this. According to Dave I can sell it, Legally it's mine to sell. If Microsoft sold hammers could they say you can only use it on one house? Bullshit IMO. But I'm the little guy, I'm forced to play by their rules regardless of what I think. I will be happy when the MS Empire falls, I just hope I live to see it. - Tom -- Tom Penney <blots at visi.com> _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list