Re: MS FUD

[ABrady <kcsmart kc rr com>]

On Tue, 30 Apr 2002 23:44:18 -0400
Michael Fratoni <mfratoni tuxfan homeip net> quietly intimated:

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> Just found this site, and found it quite interesting. 
> http://www.microsoft.com/education/?id=DonatedComputers
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> According to that site:
> Q. Why should a donor include the operating system with their PC
> donation?
> 
> A. It is a legal requirement that pre-installed operating systems
> remain with a machine for the life of the machine. If a company or
> individual donates a machine to your school, it must be donated with
> the operating system that was installed on the PC.
> 
> Must be true, Microsoft says so. :)
> 
> More details here:
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/25085.html

Like many of their other provisions, it's sure to be unenforceable if ever tested.

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