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Microsoft Shuts Auction Doors On Old Windows

Posted by timothy on from the better-sell-the-hard-drive-too dept.

mrv writes "Microsoft is keeping a more-vigilant eye on online auctions of old copies of Windows software, with people trying to offload it due to the upcoming release of XP. Also within the story is info and tips for donating a computer (and software licenses) to charity. (Charities must have site licenses for Windows 98 or newer!)" A lot of users seem to think that they can sell off their no-longer-used software to subsidize upgrades, but that's just not what the EULAs say (at least with pre-installed MS software). Time to go re-read what sellers of used software have had to say last year, and the MS method of shutting own eBay auctions.

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  1. Re:gay fucking post by LinuxIsForAssholes · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Do you have proof of this? Otherwise you could be charged with libel.

  2. Re:MS method? by hAkron · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Could I get a copy of that 'BritnetSpears.jpg.exe'?

  3. Watch out guys... by kanayo · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    In the United States of America, sharing music is now called "stealing", and having MP3s on your computer is now a terrorist activity.

  4. Talcum powder by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    To tie up their mail room. Fitting, especially since it is a licensing issue.

  5. Way Off Topic... by taliver · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Islam is a peaceful religion that doesn't condone violence. Osama bin Laden & the Taliban don't understand that.


    I'm probably just doing one of those "I'd like to buy an argument things, but the Koran most certainly does support violent action.


    [2.191] And kill them wherever you find them, and drive them out from whence they drove you out, and persecution is severer than slaughter, and do not fight with them at the Sacred Mosque until they fight with you in it, but if they do fight you, then slay them; such is the recompense of the unbelievers.


    Also, I have one other problem: where are all the clerics in the US standing up against the Terrorists? Where are they in the other countries? Why aren't there large protests against OBL in the streets? Why aren't the governments denouncing everything he does?

    I think I found the answer:

    [3.28] Let not the believers take the unbelievers for friends rather than believers; and whoever does this, he shall have nothing of (the guardianship of) Allah, but you should guard yourselves against them, guarding carefully; and Allah makes you cautious of (retribution from) Himself; and to Allah is the eventual coming.


    And there is another quote (that I can't find right now) about siding with the unbelievers over the believers. Now, before you get all "Christianity is evil too" on me, I'm not arguing that point. However, remember that "Good Samaritan" is a demonstration that an "Unbeliever" can do good as well.
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    1. Re:Way Off Topic... by LordNimon · · Score: 0, Offtopic
      I know I shouldn't feed the trolls, but the first passage you quote is talking about self-defense. That is, those are instructions on what to do if someone invades your homeland.

      As for Muslims protesting OBL in the streets, I have to admit that I'm disappointed myself. Remember, most of the people living in the Mid-east are ignorant by our standards, and so they just like to get angry a lot, even if it's stupid (imagine a country full of rednecks).

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      To mold a new reality... closer to the heart
  6. msft@buddy.ebay.com by psychalgia · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    or whatever the f the username is. I clicked on a link from another comment and its gone. I wanted to see the comments damnit. Oh well, if anyone gets a line on a new user name, post it here so I can see.

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