[Computerbank] Preinstalled Windows: AARGH! I can't get it off!

[Romana Challans]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/25085.html

If a PC shipped with Windows preinstalled, can you remove the OS and install 
Linux instead? Well, no, according to Microsoft. A somewhat obscure Microsoft 
site aimed at helping schools deal with donated computers flatly states: "It 
is a legal requirement that pre-installed operating systems remain with a 
machine for the life of the machine." 
<snip>

the implications of this are, well, scary!
if anyone can't get the rest of the article, let me know, i'll post it...

romana:)
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Romana Challans
Computerbank Australia  Incorporated -  SA branch coordinator
http://www.linunix.com/cbsa/

"Between the idea and the reality,
Between the motion and the act,
Falls the Shadow..."
(TS Eliot)
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