XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: gordonbparker@yahoo.com   
      
   On 18/11/2010 22:31, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
   > In message, Gordon wrote:   
   >   
   >> In the UK that comes under Unfair Contract Terms and as such is   
   >> actionable. And MS know that.   
   >   
   > How come no-one has acted on it, then?   
      
   Because for the MAJORITY of home users, it doesn't matter. Mother board   
   (= computer) dies, they buy a new one.Business users of course don't   
   normally buy OEM copies anyway.   
   The people it affects are the relatively small but knowledgable minority   
   who build and/or repair and/or upgrade their own machines. Of course   
   once they are bitten, they never buy OEM Windows again...   
      
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