p
Mon Jul 07 07:54:31 PDT 2008
Colin Barnhorst wrote:
> "p" <p@nospam.cn> wrote in message news:g4siq3$6b7$2@aioe.org...
>> Colin Barnhorst wrote:
>>> "the wharf rat" <wrat@panix.com> wrote in message
>>> news:g4saib$4lt$1@reader1.panix.com...
>>>> In article <CDE282FA-9302-460B-B7C6-A33170B8C016@microsoft.com>,
>>>> Colin Barnhorst <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Why are you buying an OEM pack? The OEM (System Builder) License
>>>>> that comes
>>>>> with the pack is not for end users. It is for system builders
>>>>> assembling a
>>>>> system for sale to a customer. It does not grant the purchaser the
>>>>> right to
>>>>> use the software, only install it on a system for sale. Read the
>>>>> disclaimer
>>>>> on the reseller's website. NewEgg's states:
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> He's buying it because it's half the price of the retail box.
>>>>
>>>> So he can sell the system to himself for a penny.
>>>>
>>>
>>> We all know the the price is the whole reason. But a sale is an
>>> exchange of goods or services between two parties for consideration.
>>> A person cannot be his own customer. Unless, of course, one is
>>> schizophrenic in which case they send you to one of those places
>>> where they let you hide your own Easter eggs.
>>
>> So, your logic would lead to the conclusion that a systems builder is
>> not allowed to build a system for himself. Not very logical when you
>> look at it that way, is it?
>>
>> P
>
>
> That is the case. That's not saying they don't but the system builder
> license does not grant the right to use the software. Only installing
> it on a system for sale to a customer.
I think the key word is "intended" in the quote you originally posted.
Just because something is intended for something doesn't make