RE: [tlug] Re: Post my article on tlug.jp?

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> From: tlug-bounces+burlingk=cv63.navy.mil@example.com 
> [mailto:tlug-bounces+burlingk=cv63.navy.mil@example.com On 
> Behalf Of Lyle H Saxon
> Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2007 2:32 PM
> To: Tokyo Linux Users Group
> Subject: Re: [tlug] Re: Post my article on tlug.jp?
> 
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> On 7/28/07, Curt Sampson <cjs@example.com> wrote:
> > No, what I'm saying is that when I went out shopping for a 
> laptop, I 
> > chose this one over cheaper ones without a Windows license, because 
> > even with the extra cost of an OS that I never use tacked on, the 
> > machine was still a better value for me. Essentially, I set 
> the cost 
> > of Windows at nothing.
> 
> Does that include an "essentially" free copy of MS-Office 
> Professional?
>  
> Lyle

That brings to mind MS's new OEM tactic for Office.
Many OEM machines include a trial copy that will open
X number of documents, then lock you out till you
cough up the cash.

While I have no problems with demoware and shareware
in and of themselves, I don't think that major parts
of an OEM package should be handled in that manner.

Then again, I also get agitated when I find out my
60$+ DVD Rom drive came with a demoware version of
the manufacturers DVD authoring software. ^^;;