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to: Don Hills
from: Mike `/m`
date: 2005-11-21 17:28:36
subject: Re: Windows for Free: Has Microsoft Gone Crazy?

From: Mike '/m' 

On Mon, 21 Nov 2005 17:27:33 +1200, black.hole.4.spam{at}gmail.com (Don Hills) wrote:

>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.

That just reinforces my comment about excessive margins.  :-)

 /m

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