OT - Closing Off An Open-Source Product

[Dave LeBlanc]

If you can demonstrate that the computer never ran Windows, you can
get a refund of the license price. I think this arose from some former
Microsoft/Justice Dept. scrap... I've seen this on a website
somewhere, but don't recall the specifics.

Dave LeBlanc

On Thu, 12 Apr 2001 17:38:32 -0500, "Chris Gonnerman"
<chris.gonnerman at usa.net> wrote:

>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Carlos Ribeiro" <cribeiro at mail.inet.com.br>
>Subject: Re: OT - Closing Off An Open-Source Product
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>> At 07:32 12/04/01 -0500, you wrote:
>> >It'd be OK if VMWare was only free.
>>
>> Funny. You don't mind paying to have Windows for your family to work with,
>> but don't want to pay some bucks for a software that may make you able to
>> use Linux and Windows in a stable configuration at home. It's even
>better -
>> it allows you to keep completely different PC configurations for every
>> member of your family and then some extra for your work.
>
>Maybe so, but I didn't have a choice on the Windows... I paid for it whether
>I wanted it or not.  Same for my office computer which *never* ran Windows.
>
>> I have other gripes with VMware, at least for the version I have tested
>> some months ago. I think it's way too heavy for my particular PC today.
>
>This is the other reason why.  I paid less money to have Windows on the old
>P5-120 that I use in my house than I would for the heavier, slower VMWare
>environment.  Don't get me wrong, it's cool... but I'm waiting for Wine
>to someday be stable (but I'm not holding my breath, it's a long process).
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