| Preinstalled Windows: AARGH! I can't get it off! [The Register] |
Apr. 30, 2002
John Lettice exposes a Microsoft policy prohibiting the dissolution of Windows software from hardware in The Register . . . .
"If a PC shipped with Windows preinstalled, can you remove the OS and install Linux instead? Well, no, according to Microsoft. A somewhat obscure Microsoft site aimed at helping schools deal with donated computers flatly states: 'It is a legal requirement that pre-installed operating systems remain with a machine for the life of the machine'."
" . . . what they more or less say, is that you're not allowed to sell the software without also selling the hardware, rather than you're not allowed to reassign the hardware without reassigning the software at the same time . . . "
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