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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 02:26 PM Original message |
Beware Vista's End User License Agreement (EULA) |
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ramapo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
1. Won't happen to me |
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Blackhatjack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
2. I'm NOT a Pessimist By Any Means, But What Alternative Is There? |
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McKenzie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 03:32 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. Try Mac OSX |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 07:08 PM Response to Reply #2 |
18. Linux or FreeBSD. But Microsoft is going after Linux, |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
3. All the more reason |
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drm604 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
4. Well, then the internet community needs to raise hell about this. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 02:37 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Yeah, they changed the EULA for Passport. Copyrights and Patents |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
5. Why read them? EULAs are not valid contracts. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 02:50 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. right loses to might. They can make your suit so expensive it |
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roguenkatz (102 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 03:10 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. All the more reason |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 03:48 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Of course if you have the base version, you won't be |
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PoiBoy (842 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 05:05 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Alfredo.. what do you mean... |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 07:04 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. I misread it a bit. It appears that it downgrades your install to |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 02:53 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. They're what's called "adhesion contracts" |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 09:04 PM Response to Reply #11 |
23. Did one company's EULA state that the act of opening the |
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GOPFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
7. Yikes! |
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Blackhatjack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
8. It raises a legitimate concern over who owns the information on your computer... |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
9. Beware ALL Software EULA's.. |
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LTR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
15. I'm sticking with XP |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 07:09 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Until you need to re-activate XP and they refuse the reactivation. |
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gulfcoastliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
20. Not that I needed this, but I'd already determined my next laptop will be from Apple |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
21. Has anyone tried Solaris 10 or Open Darwin? n/t |
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ContraBass Black (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
22. They forgot about the clause that claims the blood of your firstborn. |
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