Subject: RE: reviving old computers
From: Larry Collier (larry@medease.net)
Date: Thu May 02 2002 - 12:54:35 AKDT
My question is "what is a computer?" My windows system has migrated through
several motherboards, cpus, power supplies, cases, video cards, etc. There
isn't anything original left except my windows license. Since I put it
together from parts it doesn't have a manufacturer serial number. I got the
OEM license when I bought a disk drive.
You can get Microsoft oem licenses by buying dimms. What's the legal
attachment? I think that this would be very difficult to argue in court
unless you buy the judge.
Larry
> -----Original Message-----
> From: aklug-bounce@aklug.org [mailto:aklug-bounce@aklug.org]On Behalf Of
> Mike Barsalou
> Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 8:37 AM
> To: 'Dominic Bernardo'
> Cc: 'aklug@aklug.org'
> Subject: RE: reviving old computers
>
>
>
> Dominic,
>
> I followed this one of the links to the fact that it is a legal
> requirement
> to keep the OS with the PC...however, what the article fails to grasp is
> that they are speaking of how you would use the Windows license.
>
> For example..if you bought an OEM machine with Windows, then donated the
> machine, you would be required to give the OS to the company as well. You
> could not install the OS that was on the OEM machine onto a different
> machine.
>
> They do not control what operating system that you can put on a
> PC that you
> buy from a manufacturer.
>
> I am not a lawyer either, and I can see how it would be easy to
> misconstrue
> the message from Microsoft's website.
>
> If you look at the first question and answer, you might be able
> to draw the
> same conclusion as the author of that article...but I believe he
> is mistaken
> and what I described above is correct.
>
> Any other opinions?
>
> Mike
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dominic Bernardo [mailto:warthog@gci.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 8:26 PM
> To: Mike Barsalou
> Cc: 'aklug@aklug.org'
> Subject: Re: reviving old computers
>
>
> Since I'm not a lawyer, I can't comment on the
> accuracy of this article that appeared today:
>
http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/17546.html
~Dom
Mike Barsalou wrote:
>
> I have done some of this myself...with mixed results.
>
> For example, I approached someone that didn't have a computer with the
idea that I would give them a machine would be able to access e-mail.
Initially they were excited. Then we discussed, because the machine was old
and underpowered, that you would be using a text based mail reader.
>
> Right away the excitement left...they said that they wanted to be able to
get/send pictures with their friends as well as browse the internet.
>
> Now with a 56k modem X doesn't have to be terribly fast, but there is a
lower limit...anyone know what it is?
>
> At one point I was able to setup a very minimal X with netscape as the
browser. It ran reasonably well...probably could have used some more
memory.
>
> Why don't we try and come up with a good "standard" for the type of
machine that would be acceptable to someone who doesn't have one?
>
> At that point we can address the issues of maintenance and upkeep.
>
> Mike
>
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