[TriLUG] rdesktop any good?

[Jim Ray]

My $0.02 budget ain't gwine up against Bill Gates...



> -----Original Message-----
> From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On
> Behalf Of Tim Jowers
> Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 1:50 PM
> To: Triangle Linux Users Group General Discussion
> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] rdesktop any good?
> 
> 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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