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Microsoft Authorized Refurbishers
An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft has announced a program to 'establish a vibrant community of computer refurbishers across 133 countries in Europe, the Middle East and Africa who will be authorized to re-install its Windows operating system in donated pre-used PCs destined for schools, charities, non-profit organizations and under-served communities...Microsoft will provide re-installation of Windows 98 Second Edition and Windows 2000 Professional in over 18 languages. The refurbished PCs will be accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity (COA) and a special End User Licence as evidence of a legally installed operating system.' XBruticusX submits a story on news.com about the program.
Because the license is not tranferable.
Bullshit. You are just plain 100% wrong on this.
If you read the article carefully, it says:
Microsoft will provide re-installation of Windows 98 Second Edition and Windows 2000 Professional in over 18 languages.
What Microsoft is doing is that they are giving away software. It really is charity, not a scam like some people say!
Think about it, if a company from the US donates a computer with a Windows 2000 license to some foreign country, most likely the license will be for the English version of Windows 2000.
As anyone who has ever worked for a company using different language of Windows knows, a license for the English version of Windows does not equal a license for Windows in another language!!! This is not only true for Microsoft software, but also true for many companies that sell software in different languages!
That said, Microsoft is really giving away a new license, and not asking to be paid twice for the same license that came with the original purchase of the computer!