Re: MS FUD

["G. T. Francisco, III" <g3francisco attbi com>]

On Tue, Apr 30, 2002 at 11:44:18PM -0400, Michael Fratoni said:
> 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. :)
> 

Microsoft FUD as usual.

-- Wish they'd show this to the judge at the trial. Really smacks of illegal
   use of a monopoly.

-- Now the BSA can even audit any name brand PC (Dell, Gateway, etc.)
   for having Linux and claim it is a violation!

-- I understand that some of the newer PC's don't even come with a
   copy of windows but only a "restore partition". If you wipe
   the disk, then you're in violation (hmm, does that make the "format"
   command in windows a piracy enabler?)

I wonder what's next?

Cheers,