Leythos wrote:
On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 14:15:00 -0500, kurttrail wrote:

Leythos wrote:
On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 19:33:42 +0100, Alias wrote:

This page says nothing about a licence
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/produ...&xsell=1957319

I rest my case. How many Walmart clerks explain anything but "that
will be $119.98. please"?

So, I don't understand you - you find an instance where WalMart,
like other vendors is not providing full disclosure about a product
that it sells, where the product manufacturer does provide this
information, and you still want to slam the Manufacturer? Why are
you not going after WalMart, Sears, and the places that market the
manufacturers product incorrectly?

You've clearly pointed out a flaw in the sales model of many
companies, but not in Microsofts.

Actually the deception is MS's by allowing the sale of copies of MS
software in Retail Stores, and then trying to rewrite history with a
post-sale shrink-wrap license.

The information is PUBLIC for anyone to see, it's not hidden, and
after all of these years it's only the public's fault for not
knowing. The resellers are to blame for marketing something as
something else.

LOL! The shrink-wrap license terms are hidden at the time of sale.

MS is to blame:

1.) They allow the sale of copies of their copyrighted software as a
retail product.
2.) They rewrite the terms of retail sale, AFTER THE FACT OF THE SALE,
in their post-sale shrink-wrap license.

Remember, there is no law that forces MS to allow copies of their
copyrighted material as a retail product.

--
Peace!
Kurt
Self-anointed Moderator
microscum.pubic.windowsexp.gonorrhea
http://microscum.com/mscommunity
"Trustworthy Computing" is only another example of an Oxymoron!
"Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei"