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   Message 83 of 613   
   Björn Felten to Kurt Weiske   
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   24 Aug 12 22:27:07   
   
    KW> I miss the old BBSLAW echo, was full of useful information back in the   
   day.   
      
      Ah yes, I loved that echo too. Unfortunately no local BBS had it here in   
   Sweden, so I had to pay long distance call to read it.   
      
    KW> If you're talking about fair use for using a downloaded/installed OS   
    KW> when you   
    KW> have shown good-faith efforts in owning a license, Microsoft has been   
    KW> tough on that.   
      
      Well, that's very true, Kurt. But only "officially". Unofficially MS   
   realised that it was thanks to so many unauthorized copies of their OS (from   
   MS-DOS and up) that made it the global success.   
      
      Kids got hold of the only copies they could afford (freebies) and installed   
   it, learned how to use it, and when they started work they were the experts   
   that convinced their employers to go for MS rather that any other OS.   
      
    KW> I work in an environment where we used an imaging system to provide a   
    KW> common image on multiple systems, and had OEM licenses purchased with each   
    KW> system (the "Microsoft" tax); MS still complained even though we had a 1:1   
    KW> ratio of licenses to systems.   
      
      I know. Been there, done that -- never got the t-shirt though. 8-)   
      
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