Comment Micr*soft License Requirement (Score 2) 31
Hi, This is my first post, but here goes.
I work for a major system manufacturer... "syst*max" and we were recently notified of the "empire"'s new license agreement requirements for major OEM's. They are as follows (what I know of them for my job- senior tech support)
#1. Systems cannot ship with original Windoze media. We are permitted to ship a recovery disc, provided the disc will only work with that system, and we must pay ADDITIONAL fees to Micr*soft for each of said disc.
#2. Our agreement will allow us to ONLY sell Micr*soft OS on our systems, and those customers or companies wanting a pc or bunch of pcs without an OS, must show proof of ownership of licenses for a Micr*soft OS, otherwise we are not allowed to sell said systems. In fact, managment has warned us all that any employees who violate this policy (processing a system without a MS OS) will be terminated! The only exception is MS will allow us to sell a server without an OS if the customer shows proof of ownership of a NOVELL server product.
There you have it folks. The evil empire hasnt learned it's lesson. Hope I have been of some help.
I work for a major system manufacturer... "syst*max" and we were recently notified of the "empire"'s new license agreement requirements for major OEM's. They are as follows (what I know of them for my job- senior tech support)
#1. Systems cannot ship with original Windoze media. We are permitted to ship a recovery disc, provided the disc will only work with that system, and we must pay ADDITIONAL fees to Micr*soft for each of said disc.
#2. Our agreement will allow us to ONLY sell Micr*soft OS on our systems, and those customers or companies wanting a pc or bunch of pcs without an OS, must show proof of ownership of licenses for a Micr*soft OS, otherwise we are not allowed to sell said systems. In fact, managment has warned us all that any employees who violate this policy (processing a system without a MS OS) will be terminated! The only exception is MS will allow us to sell a server without an OS if the customer shows proof of ownership of a NOVELL server product.
There you have it folks. The evil empire hasnt learned it's lesson. Hope I have been of some help.
