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to: Mike `/m`
from: Don Hills
date: 2005-11-21 17:27:32
subject: Re: Windows for Free: Has Microsoft Gone Crazy?

From: black.hole.4.spam{at}gmail.com (Don Hills)

In article , Mike '/m'
 wrote:
>
>At newegg, if you buy a mouse, then you qualify for the OEM price for
>Windows because you will install Windows on the mouse you purchased.

The license agreement has been changed.

http://blogs.msdn.com/mssmallbiz/archive/2005/09/07/461950.aspx
| 4.1 We grant you a nonexclusive right to distribute an | individual
software license only with a fully assembled computer | system. A
"fully assembled computer system" means a computer | system
consisting of at least a central processing unit, a | motherboard, a hard
drive, a power supply, and a case."

The clause allowing sales with peripheral hardware has been removed.

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Don Hills    (dmhills at attglobaldotnet)     Wellington, New Zealand
"New interface closely resembles Presentation Manager,
 preparing you for the wonders of OS/2!"
    -- Advertisement on the box for Microsoft Windows 2.11 for 286

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