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Old August 19th 05, 01:45 PM
Greg Ro
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Default Oem cd clarification requested

Oem cd clarification requested

I have read a post in the xp group that said the hardware requirement
was dropped for all windows operating system including older operating
systems like win95,98se, me, e.t.c.

Is this person correct?


Greg Ro
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Old August 19th 05, 02:13 PM
Mike M
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What do you mean? Many OEM copies of operating systems are bios locked to
specific hardware and continue to be so. Or are you referring to the
requirement to also buy an item of system hardware when purchasing an OEM
version of the operating system?

Note that Microsoft and most if not all OEMs are no longer marketing Win
9x operating systems.
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Mike Maltby



Greg Ro wrote:

Oem cd clarification requested

I have read a post in the xp group that said the hardware requirement
was dropped for all windows operating system including older operating
systems like win95,98se, me, e.t.c.

Is this person correct?


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Old August 19th 05, 02:16 PM
Carey Frisch [MVP]
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Due to legal requirements, all OEM software must be purchased
with a non-peripheral (internal) hardware item.

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
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"Greg Ro" wrote:

| Oem cd clarification requested
|
| I have read a post in the xp group that said the hardware requirement
| was dropped for all windows operating system including older operating
| systems like win95,98se, me, e.t.c.
|
| Is this person correct?
|
|
| Greg Ro
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Old August 19th 05, 02:44 PM
Alias
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"Carey Frisch [MVP]" posted the following misleading lie:

Due to legal requirements, all OEM software must be purchased
with a non-peripheral (internal) hardware item.

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Wrong. I have bought three and have a friend who has bought around fifity
generic OEM XPs with no hardware. In Spain and many other European
countries, OEMs are bought without any hardware and a retail rip off version
is almost impossible to find. Want urls from the major computer stores in
Spain as proof?

If you go he
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/produ...%3A3951%3A3954
you will see that Walmart sells generic OEMs with -- get this -- a
peripheral (external) mouse.

Soooooooo, your post is completely wrong. Better luck next time.

Alias

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"Greg Ro" wrote:

| Oem cd clarification requested
|
| I have read a post in the xp group that said the hardware requirement
| was dropped for all windows operating system including older operating
| systems like win95,98se, me, e.t.c.
|
| Is this person correct?
|
|
| Greg Ro



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Old August 19th 05, 03:00 PM
Carey Frisch [MVP]
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Those stores are then in violation of the marketing agreement
they have with Microsoft.

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"Alias" wrote:

| Wrong. I have bought three and have a friend who has bought around fifity
| generic OEM XPs with no hardware. In Spain and many other European
| countries, OEMs are bought without any hardware and a retail rip off version
| is almost impossible to find. Want urls from the major computer stores in
| Spain as proof?
|
| If you go he
| http://www.walmart.com/catalog/produ...%3A3951%3A3954
| you will see that Walmart sells generic OEMs with -- get this -- a
| peripheral (external) mouse.
|
| Soooooooo, your post is completely wrong. Better luck next time.
|
| Alias

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Old August 19th 05, 03:45 PM
Mike M
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I take it then that you are fully conversant with and well versed in
European Community Law and Microsoft's term of business as applied in the
European Union?
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Mike Maltby



Carey Frisch [MVP] wrote:

Those stores are then in violation of the marketing agreement
they have with Microsoft.


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Old August 19th 05, 03:47 PM
Alias
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"Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote

Those stores are then in violation of the marketing agreement
they have with Microsoft.


LOL! No, Carey, you are wrong. Walmart isn't exactly a small store and I
don't see MS doing jack sh*t about it, do you? Why is it so difficult for
you to admit you made a mistake? Ego?

Alias

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Microsoft MVP
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"Alias" wrote:

| Wrong. I have bought three and have a friend who has bought around
fifity
| generic OEM XPs with no hardware. In Spain and many other European
| countries, OEMs are bought without any hardware and a retail rip off
version
| is almost impossible to find. Want urls from the major computer stores
in
| Spain as proof?
|
| If you go he
|
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/produ...%3A3951%3A3954
| you will see that Walmart sells generic OEMs with -- get this -- a
| peripheral (external) mouse.
|
| Soooooooo, your post is completely wrong. Better luck next time.
|
| Alias



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Old August 19th 05, 03:49 PM
Alias
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He obviously isn't as I am currently using a legit generic OEM that I bought
all by itself with no hardware.

How Carey became an MVP is beyond me.

Alias

"Mike M" wrote

I take it then that you are fully conversant with and well versed in
European Community Law and Microsoft's term of business as applied in the
European Union?
--
Mike Maltby



Carey Frisch [MVP] wrote:

Those stores are then in violation of the marketing agreement
they have with Microsoft.




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Old August 19th 05, 05:08 PM
kurttrail
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Carey Frisch [MVP] wrote:
Those stores are then in violation of the marketing agreement
they have with Microsoft.


When did you become a Judge?

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Old August 19th 05, 06:34 PM
Greg Ro
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On Fri, 19 Aug 2005 14:13:44 +0100, "Mike M"
wrote:

What do you mean? Many OEM copies of operating systems are bios locked to
specific hardware and continue to be so. Or are you referring to the
requirement to also buy an item of system hardware when purchasing an OEM
version of the operating system?

Note that Microsoft and most if not all OEMs are no longer marketing Win
9x operating systems.


I mean buying an oem cd disk without hardware. Someone in the xp
group posted that an oem copy can now be sold without having the
hardware included. This person said a Microsoft person told him
this.

Greg Ro
 




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