Re: OT: Win 3.11, 95/98

gfretwell@xxxxxxx wrote:

On Fri, 16 Jun 2006 20:36:09 -0700, "Paul Hovnanian P.E."
<paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Or does "public domain" in this sense simply mean Microsoft won't
bother you with their attorneys if you use, er, unregistered copies of
the [legacy] software?

Microsoft will bother anybody with an attorney if its worth their while.
If you have one copy, no. If you are a large company that has hundreds
and they can not only fine you, but sell you upgrades for everything,
then probably yes.

It would be pretty hard for them to prove you don't have the license
for this if you have a book and the original disks. That pretty much
was the license. The same is true with win/95, W/98 and SE that I have
several copies of. I have the CDROM and the halogram stamped book for
each of them.

Correct. But you'd better have one key for each PC.

Some years ago, I worked for an outfit that purchased a few dozen
engineering workstations. Each came with a set of documentation, media
and a license certificate. Management directed the IT folks to install
the software, save a couple of sets of media and documentation and toss
everything else in the garbage. As I was walking by the tub skids (used
for refuse), I spotted a bunch of the license certificates sticking out
of the garbage. I retrieved what I saw, handed them to the group manager
and told him that it would probably be a good idea if the IT folks would
at least save the certificates before tossing out the duplicate
documentation. He just said, "Yeah, whatever."

These people build airplanes (shudder).

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