[TriLUG] rdesktop any good?

[Tim Jowers]

Jim,

  I suspect that license is not enforceable and a clear example of bait and
switch as Circuit City and other vendors did not advertise nor state this
arrangement upon selling a machine with Windows XP. This would probably be a
hugely profitable class action for a lawyer. At least a potential payoff in
the 100's of millions. Of course, if nobody opposes and illegal activity
then a major company will continue it.

Tim


2008/3/19 Jim Ray <jim at neuse.net>:

> Actually, that is not true. There are several flavors of Windows licenses.
> The OEM flavor is bound to a particular machine and cannot be moved legally.
>
> I can neither confirm nor deny that I've seen it happen, though...
>
> Regards,
>
> Jim
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On
> > Behalf Of Warren Myers
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 11:00 AM
> > To: Triangle Linux Users Group General Discussion
> > Subject: Re: [TriLUG] rdesktop any good?
> >
> > If you have an XP install currently you should already have the license
> > for
> > it. So, if you run linux but want to put XP in your VM, you could use
> > the
> > license for the copy you're currently running, and then stop using the
> > old
> > install.
> >
> > WMM
> >
> > On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 9:45 AM, Christopher L Merrill <
> > chris at webperformance.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Michael Kimsal wrote:
> > > > FWIW, deciding to go 'linux' doesn't have to be an all or nothing
> > > option.
> > > > XP works fine in vmware sessions on my laptop, and gets me around
> > the
> > > odd
> > > > corners when I've needed to run something Windows-only.  Just some
> > extra
> > > > food for thought as it sounds like Windows compatibility is still a
> > need
> > > in
> > > > your day to day life.
> > >
> > > Oh, yes...VMware will absolutely have to be part of the equation. Our
> > > product is partially cross-platform but 97% (or more) of our users
> > are
> > > on Windows, so I would probably have an XP VM running most of the
> > time.
> > > Fortunately, my most frequently used apps are all cross-platform and
> > > I've been moving in that direction for years.  Of course, if part of
> > > my motivation is to stop rewarding MS with my $$$ for Windows, this
> > > doesn't really help...since I'd still need to buy a Windows license.
> > > To make it worse, I'd have to pay even more since it wouldn't be a
> > > discounted OEM license :(
> > >
> > > I can dream, though.
> > >
> > >
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