Allegedly, on or about 28 June 2017, John Morris sent: > And as for the earlier recomendation to get a Windows license off > eBay, be very careful. I tried that for a machine I was repurposing > as a beater for one of the grandkids. It never had a Windows COA > (built to run Linux) so I needed a license so he could dual boot to > play games. Got a sealed Win7 Pro OEM "system builder" pack for <$40 > from a U.S. seller that looks identical in every way to a known good > one (bought from NewEgg) but it required phone activation so it > probably isn't kosher. My understanding was that only an Original Equipment Manufacturer can sell/supply those OEM versions of the OS, and only to go with a particular PC (one of those "not to be sold separately" conditions). With only a retail package being something that could be sold as standalone. Not that I give a damn, any time I've used Windows, it always gave me so much grief that I just don't want to have anything to do with using it. It's the perfect counter-example to: Look it it this way, it can't possibly get any worse. -- [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -rsvp Linux 3.9.10-100.fc17.x86_64 #1 SMP Sun Jul 14 01:31:27 UTC 2013 x86_64 (always current details of the computer that I'm writing this email on) Boilerplate: All mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted, there is no point trying to privately email me, I only get to see the messages posted to the mailing list. I'd just like to say that vinyl record crackles and pops are far less annoying than digigigigital mu-u-u-u-usic hiccicicicups and yooo-----------------u tu-----be ....... pauses. _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
