XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2025-09-04 16:36, Joel W. Crump wrote:   
   > On 9/4/2025 12:09 PM, Alan wrote:   
   >   
   >>>>>> The point is that you don't like the Mac because it costs too much   
   >>>>>> (in your opinion)...   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> ...but decry someone as a "cheapskate" for not wanting to spend   
   >>>>>> ten times as much for a Windows license as he needs to.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> To get it the right way, what I paid is Microsoft's price including   
   >>>>> support I would never use, one can also get a System Builder   
   >>>>> license for a bit less.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> And the story suddenly changes!   
   >>>   
   >>> NO, Alan, YOU have changed, to be one of unethical cheapskates.   
   >>   
   >> Not at all.   
   >>   
   >> How is it "unethical" to purchase something legally for the lowest   
   >> available price.   
   >   
   >   
   > If you cared about the businesses you patronize, you'd want them to be   
   > compensated for their work.   
      
   You're getting more and more ridiculous, dude.   
      
   > They tolerate this reselling of licenses   
   > for a reason, and I don't care if someone takes advantage of it, but at   
   > the end of the day it can come off like just because Microsoft is what   
   > they are they deserve to basically support all these PCs for free.  What   
   > they got for my license isn't large, it was part of a group of licenses   
   > the business never got around to using and sold to the maker of my   
   > device.  Given that I've always supported Microsoft financially, I don't   
   > feel all that bad about it, and they clearly would allow me to do it.   
   > But somewhere along the line, someone violated an agreement, it's fairly   
   > intuitive to think.   
      
   So you think it's intuitive...   
      
   ...and that just makes it true?   
      
   >   
   >   
   >>>> What support do you get when you buy a Windows 11 license?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I bet you can't quote it.   
   >>>   
   >>> You ever hear of calling for help on the phone?  Heh.   
   >   
   >> I've heard of it of course.   
   >>   
   >> What I'm asking for is what provision of the Windows 11 retail license   
   >> purchase gets you support?   
   >>   
   >> Can you quote it?   
   >   
   >   
   > They give you a phone number to call for assistance.   
   Do they?   
      
   For assistance forever and for all purposes?   
      
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