Subj : Password Errors
To   : Kurt Weiske
From : Björn Felten
Date : Fri Aug 24 2012 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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