Wrong. Just tell them your other motherboard went south and the new one is a
replacement for a defective board, NOT an upgrade, if you need to call them.
But see, I would have to be telling a lie in order to get them to
honor my legally paid for copy of the software. That would make me no
better than them morally.
If you bought an OEM, MS doesn't support it, they only decide if you can use
it or not as MS didn't sell it to you, the store where you bought it did.
I'm sure they have all sorts of avenues where they can "Legally"
refuse to honor the usage of their software to victims that legally
bought their software. You'll find that most filth and trash that
operate as such are good at such "legal" maneuverings. Money makes
the laws, money breaks the laws and there is nothing the "Great
Unwashed" can do about it.
I do see that there is a class action law suit coming out of Tennessee
against MS for refusing to honor the usage of legally paid for copies
of their OS. From what I remember from the news, there is a small
law firm that changes out their computers once every few years. They
give the old computers to the local schools without the OS because
they want to use their legally paid for copies of the OS on the new
computers. According to the news, they legally own one copy of the OS
for every computer in the office but I forget now how many that was.
I know is was less than 10 computers and the same amount of legally
paid for copies of the OS. Anyway... they replaced all the computers
as they have been doing for years but this time, MS refused to honor
their legally paid for copies of the OS when they installed the
legally paid for copies on the new systems. *** Remember Here*** that
the legally paid for copies of the software were removed from every
one of the old computers before they were turned over to the local
schools. Outraged, the law firm has instituted a class action law
suit against MS for refusing to honor the usage of their OS by owners
of legally paid for copies. According to the news, they are
soliciting victims of this MS practice across Tennessee for the law
suit.
I guess what I see happening is that there is a growing animosity
building toward MS because MS's drive to stop piracy of its software
is making victims out of legally paid for owners of the software while
the pirates are laughing their arses off because activation does
nothing to curtail their usage of the software. And no matter how the
MS supporters they are sending out there to spin the truth, the public
a large is growing less and less gullible as more and more of the
public that are honest owners of the software become victims to having
MS refuse to honor their legally paid for copies of the software
because of one silly excuse after another.
The bottom line is... I can see the need to fight piracy. I think all
pirates should be fined and/or jailed when caught. But when those
fighting piracy make victims out of those that had the ethics to
legally purchase their software, then there is something real wrong
and immoral going on. With that, I wish all those victims that live
in Tennessee a hardy good luck in their quest for justice for those
that had the moral integrity to purchase legally paid for copies of
the software but have been refused the right to use it because of
exerting their right to do what they wish with the hardware they use
the software in question on.
AND, a big thank you, Alias, for your courteous and nonflametory(sp)
response to my message. I know that my issues with the immoral
practices of MS are not popular among a certain sect but that should
never be an excuse for discourtesy and flametory(sp) hate speak.
Thanks again for your courtesy....
Regards,
Tom
