en102
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Re: Just assume you are a thief, and everyone is.
But of course it is... you don't 'own' a copy of Windows... you have a license to use a copy of Windows 
Give it time, and it will be a yearly 'fee' to run Windows on the PC you purchased.
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Wolfie00
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| said by en102  :But of course it is... you don't 'own' a copy of Windows... you have a license to use a copy of Windows Give it time, and it will be a yearly 'fee' to run Windows on the PC you purchased. With updates being pretty much essential due to the Microsoft model of shipping software that is broken and/or unfinished, we're perilously close to that already. But it's nothing new: IBM was using "software leasing" concepts ages ago, when they were the ones with the monopoly. Fortunately, and with special thanks to Vista, Linux is looking better all the time.
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HiVolt
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| said by Wolfie00 :Fortunately, and with special thanks to Vista, Linux is looking better all the time. Personally, I'll switch full time to Mac OS before I ever touch any flavour of Linux.
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cork1958
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"Fortunately, and with special thanks to Vista, Linux is looking better all the time"
Just might could condsider doing that again myself and I'm saying that mainly due to the "thanks to Vista" line above.  |
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antdude
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said by HiVolt :said by Wolfie00 :Fortunately, and with special thanks to Vista, Linux is looking better all the time. Personally, I'll switch full time to Mac OS before I ever touch any flavour of Linux. What's wrong with Linux? You have to buy a new machine for Mac OS X.
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