Re: [school-discuss] From Microsoft: A Guide to Accepting

[Cameron Miller <cdmiller@adams.edu>]

Kyle Hutson wrote:
> Donated Computers
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> On 18 Apr 2002 at 13:37, Doug Loss wrote:
> 
>>FYI, and it's somewhat humorous (although packed with
>>misinformation):
>>
>>http://www.microsoft.com/education/?id=DonatedComputers
>>
> 
> OK, I'll bite. Why is this humorous, and what misinformation?
> 
> Sure, the manuals (along with the cert. of authenticity and the EULA
> 
> and perhaps even the installation media) have probably been thrown
> away many moons ago, but other than that? OEM licenses of MS
> software
> (of course, they are making that assumption, and statisticly they're
> 
> usually right) are required to stay with the computer they were
> bought with (doesn't mean it needs to be installed, just that the
> license goes with the PC).
> 

Well, what the site says is that donated hardware is leagaly required to 
  include it's original pre-installed OS software, which I suspect is 
simply a lie.  You dont have to also donate the original pre-installed 
OS, you can remove it, throw it away, and install something else.

- cameron

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