If you can demonstrate that the computer never ran Windows, you can get a refund of the license price. I think this arose from some former Microsoft/Justice Dept. scrap... I've seen this on a website somewhere, but don't recall the specifics. Dave LeBlanc On Thu, 12 Apr 2001 17:38:32 -0500, "Chris Gonnerman" <chris.gonnerman at usa.net> wrote: >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Carlos Ribeiro" <cribeiro at mail.inet.com.br> >Subject: Re: OT - Closing Off An Open-Source Product > > >> At 07:32 12/04/01 -0500, you wrote: >> >It'd be OK if VMWare was only free. >> >> Funny. You don't mind paying to have Windows for your family to work with, >> but don't want to pay some bucks for a software that may make you able to >> use Linux and Windows in a stable configuration at home. It's even >better - >> it allows you to keep completely different PC configurations for every >> member of your family and then some extra for your work. > >Maybe so, but I didn't have a choice on the Windows... I paid for it whether >I wanted it or not. Same for my office computer which *never* ran Windows. > >> I have other gripes with VMware, at least for the version I have tested >> some months ago. I think it's way too heavy for my particular PC today. > >This is the other reason why. I paid less money to have Windows on the old >P5-120 that I use in my house than I would for the heavier, slower VMWare >environment. Don't get me wrong, it's cool... but I'm waiting for Wine >to someday be stable (but I'm not holding my breath, it's a long process). > > >
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