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Originally posted by andrewas:
Can he pull previous licenses? As in make already-sold copies of windows illegal? Or am I reading you wrong?
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Legally? YES, M$ can pull previous licenses. You agreed to hold a
temporary license when you clicked YES on the install screen.
Ethically? M$ doesn't care about ethics. They have proven that it is profitable to be an @$$hole.
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If he can :- can the whole world switch out of Microsoft products?
Certainly the alternatives can do the job, but certain hardware *cough*cannon printers*cough* dosent like linux etc.
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YES, the world can switch, but it
will be inconvenient. As you mentioned, Linux is an alternative, as are Macs... Open Source was set into place to keep this from happening.
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Not that it will ever happen - with Microsoft in its current monopolistic position it has a considerable amount of power so it will never be forced to do anything it dosent want.
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It's happening now.
[ 04-22-2002, 07:34 PM: Message edited by: RudeDawg ]
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