Licensing Fee?? 2 Year FEE for Windows XP

[Bim Bim]

Is it true that if you have windows xp, every two years
you must pay a licensing fee in order to continue using
this operating system, otherwise windows will completely
lock up on you until you pay? someone told me they read
it in the licensing agreement but i couldn't find it
anywhere.. so is it true?

 

[David Candy]

No. But MS wishes it was. They tried this with office in Australia and ended up giving everyone a free copy of office as their customers were most upset when the software required another payment after a year. So yet again their plans were foiled (Windows Update et al is to train you in this behaviour).

 

[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

Is it true that if you have windows xp, every two years
you must pay a licensing fee in order to continue using
this operating system, otherwise windows will completely
lock up on you until you pay? someone told me they read
it in the licensing agreement but i couldn't find it
anywhere.. so is it true?

Not true.

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[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

No, of course it isn't true. Were you told this on April 1st, by
any chance?

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[Guest]

Another effin jerk!

 

[E.T.Me]

Me..
You are what you speak..

 

[David Candy]

Really witty repartee (opps an oxymoron slipped in).

 

[Alex Nichol]

Is it true that if you have windows xp, every two years
you must pay a licensing fee in order to continue using
this operating system, otherwise windows will completely
lock up on you until you pay? someone told me they read
it in the licensing agreement but i couldn't find it
anywhere.. so is it true?

It is NOT true. Read up at www.aumha.org/win5/a/wpa.htm

MSoft were discussing subscription systems in connection with corporate
purchase of software in volume, but it has no relation to the ordinary
user

 

[David Candy]

YET

 

[David Candy]

And it was trialed in Australia, for ordinary users (as product activation was with Office 2000 - lucky mine was a US version).

MS has been working towards this for years. It drives MSN Explorer, Windows Update, Activation, Application Servers, volume licensing (MS regards OEM software as a lease, volume licensed requires you to buy OEM software with your hardware). It's all user training.