Users are seeking clarification about Windows Licensing
Users are demanding clarification from Microsoft about how scenarios like these will play out under the new licensing.
The new licensing has caused confusion, especially for power users who rebuild their computers with new components several times a year, or who plan to upgrade their computers more than once in the lifetime of the OS. Microsoft’s new licensing for Windows Vista that will allow them to transfer a Vista license to only one machine other than the computer for which it was purchased.
“My question about the one-time transfer is what constitutes a machine?” asked Windows user Roger Halstead. “I have four machines and they are running legal copies of XP Pro. Those four machines are in a constant state of upgrade. I have to reactivate the OS around three or four times a year due to upgrades.”
[hmmmm..... I guess Microsoft isn't making enough money........]
Another Windows user, Mark Smith, who has his own business developing custom data-acquistiion and analysis packages for industrial applications, says the policy shows how “arrogant” Microsoft has become… ” its new attitude is ‘To hell with the customer, we’re going to do whatever we want because the customer has no choice but to buy Vista.’”
