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Tom,
Beta testing of products is a separate issue,
We supply the media and licenses specifically for the Beta testers and those
licenses often allow for other rights of use.
If a person volunteers to test a product (not operating system) and they
wish to do this on another PC or another partition or virtual machine then
they are required to be properly licensed for the operating system they are
running that test environment in and that means additional licenses.
As regards your other comments about having multiple installs then you're in
breach of your End User License Agreement that you agreed to be bound by
when you installed the opertaing systems.
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Mike
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"Tom" <noway@nothere.com> wrote in message
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Well, a copy can be my disk, and it isn't quite clear. The fact that you
list listed other MS products that allow running a virtual OS, is still
something that has to be purchased, I don't use them. But, I am not sorry to
say that I have two instances of my XP-Pro disk on my ONE PC, and I refuse
to agree with terms that are not clear. Again, MS is really daft if they
think their EULA should imply such a rule, when I already abide by the one
XP disk per PC only; that I agree with.
Again, I can ONLY run one copy at a time on the same PC. I have one monitor,
and I cannot run two boot instances at the same time. I bet most of the MVPs
here have multiple installs with the same disk on their same PCs,
specifically for beta testing, which is mostly for the benefit of MS, at no
cost to MS.
"Mike Brannigan [MSFT]" <mikebran@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Tom,
>
> The actual wording from the EULA is clear enough.
>
> ".. You may install ... ONE copy of the Product on a single computer ..."
>
> So it is ONE installation per license.
>
> The most important fact is it is that you may install this license once to
> one machine and only run one copy etc etc .
>
> The point of the additional coverage in the EULA (access/run etc) is that
> technologies do exist that would allow you to install and run/access more
> than one copy at one time (e.g. product such as Virtual PC or VMWare)
> The license is clear and simple on this matter.
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>
> Regards,
>
> Mike
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> Mike Brannigan [Microsoft]
>
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> "Tom" <noway@nothere.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Mike Brannigan [MSFT]" <mikebran@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>> Tom,
>>
>> Since I have even checked this with our license people I am acutely aware
>> of
>> precisely what our license agreement for Windows XP means.
>> There is no ambiguity in the language.
>> Allow me to reiterate.
>>
>> 1. GRANT OF LICENSE. Microsoft grants you the following rights
>> provided that you comply with all terms and conditions of
>> this EULA:
>>
>> * Installation and use. You may install, use, access,
>> display and run one copy of the Product on a single
>> computer, such as a workstation, terminal or other device
>> ("Workstation Computer").
>>
>> The important phrase is "You may install ... ONE copy of the Product on
>> a
>> single computer ..."
>> So it is ONE installation per license. Dual and multi boot options just
>> as
>> running under Virtual PC all REQUIRE additional licenses.
>>
>
> So?
>
> It is one copy, and I can only USE, RUN, ACCESS ONE COPY AT ONE TIME!
>
> I cannot, as no else can, do this on the same PC, so it isn't an issue. I
> take no heed to what your license dept states (they can tow anything MS
> wants them to tow), as they do not write laws, nor enforce them. By the
> words written, I can only do what it says anyway. MS is fairly daft, if
> they
> think one should purchase another license for the same PC, if they cannot
> be
> run concurrently.
>
>