[CLUE-Talk] MS now apparently thinks that a computer hardware and OS are a single unit

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On Tue, 30 Apr 2002 07:09:31 -0600
BOF <bof at pcisys.net> wrote:

> 
> This "legal requirement" (which I would like to know the basis for, 
> other than MS saying it is one) probably explains why the newer 
> computers don't come with a complete OS, just some "recovery CD" --- 
> even though the consumer gets charged full price for the OS. But to 
> translate this to car terms, I read this as "if I buy a car, I have to 
> keep using the original brand tires and batteries for the life of the 
> car, and then unless it has the original engine, battery and tires, I 
> can't donate it to anyone."
> 

I view this as: Only the original purchaser of the car is allowed to drive it!!!

> ROFLOL.
> 
> BOF
> 
> 
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