On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 14:54, irvinehooi <wineforum-user@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Because in future sooner or later all the microsoft runtime libraries or framework also need the user to have a valid Windows license. > > This will be their market strategy all the time. I hate this, but no choice. Or consumer protection legislation might limit such terms.... (Where I live, a supplier cannot require you to buy another product as a condition to supply you with one product...) Gert