activation

[Paul]

No kidding. I especially liked the paid for one loaf of
bread, you get one loaf of bread analogy Bruce.

 

[Greg P Rozelle]

Have you guys ever heard of buy one get one free?

Also, Anyone here heard about Networking the computers together?

This way one computer can have xp on it and the others can have
different os on it. Then, all the computers can access each other.
And It is legal and not against Microsoft Eula.


Greg P Rozelle

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Heard of? Sure. Believed? Not since I was very young and naive.
;-}

"Buy one, get one free" sales offers have been nothing but sucker
bait from time immemorial. No merchant is going to make such an offer
unless the price of the single item has been "adjusted" to cover the
cost of the second, purportedly "free" item.

TNSTAAFL, for cryin' out loud, people!


Bruce Chambers

Help us help you:

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Quite right. There's nothing that says the OP *has* to upgrade
every computer.

Bruce Chambers

Help us help you:

 

[rifleman]

What about the times Walmat reduces the price? At least here in the
U.S. I have seen it done. They do lose money but get more sells.
So the actual they gain money.

Greg P Rozelle

No, even then, if there is a promotional price, the retailer bills the
supplier for the difference! It's commercial blackmail!

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Please do not suggest that people become thieves.
Also WPA puts a major roadblock in your illegal suggestion.

 

[nedjm]

J.J.,
You are misinterpreting my comment. What is WPA?
nedjm

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

That may be.
But when you suggest 'ignoring the "license for one only"
requirement', it sounds like you are suggesting illegal installation
on a second computer.
WPA=Windows Product Activation:
http://aumha.org/win5/a/wpa.htm

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
An easier way to read newsgroup messages:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/newsgroups/setup.asp
Please respond to newsgroup only for everyone's benefit.

 

[Greg P Rozelle]

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No, even then, if there is a promotional price, the retailer bills the
supplier for the difference! It's commercial blackmail!
--
(I may be wrong...I usually am....)
Google is your Friend
Email address deliberately false to avoid spam:
www.gbpcomputing.co.uk

Rifleman,
That maybe so in the U.K.
Does not mean that in the U.S. but I could be wrong.
We laws to stop that type of pratice here.
Only time it would go on sale if the supplier discounted it.
Or a closeout if they no longer want to sell it-then the retailer
looses. Like microsoft selling a buch of xp to school for a reduce
price, then then reduce price is passed on to the students & teachers.

I could be wrong. Any U.S. Suppliers care to respond to this post.

Greg P Rozelle