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Microsoft XP License Prohibits VNC

Posted by timothy on from the there's-an-interesting-clause dept.

jhml writes: "Looks like the monopoly muscles are flexing. According to this article in Infoworld, the XP license prohibits products other than from Microsoft's from being used to remotely control an XP workstation. So ... guess they were having a little trouble with VNC being widely used?"

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  1. As a wise man once said by Clay+Mitchell · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Microsoft can KISS MY GRITS

    I'm going to use VNC anyway I want. Is there any legally binding stuff that says you can't use it?

    I've always thought it's funny you don't get to accept or decline the EULA until AFTER you plunk down your money for it...

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    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  3. Re:VNC vs. Remote Desktop by Peyna · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    When properly used airbags indeed save lives. You have to sit properly in the seat, and use the seatbelt properly. An airbag is more likely to bruise you that kill you. This will give you some statistics about airbags on both sides (safety and injury/death). From that, and many other sources, it is quite obvious that airbags help more than hurt. Same thing with seatbelts. Sure, there are instances when they are likely to cause more injury or death; however, they are proven to save more lives than they take. Many, many, more. As a survivor of 4 accidents myself, I often wonder where I would be without seatbelts and/or airbags. (I should note, I was a passenger in all of the accidents, and no one was seriously injured in any of them.)

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