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Post #109,667 by orion 7/14/03 10:49:34 PM Reply	Cheap Software Something fishy seems to be about this web site: [link\|http://www.blazingcds.com/\|http://www.blazingcds.com/] Windows XP Pro for $50USD? Visual Studio.Net for $60USD? OEM copies they claim them to be, without tech support, from Europe. I wonder if this is a scam/pirating operation, if so, how long before Microsoft etc shuts it down? Anyone know for sure? "I wonder how much of this BS Corporations will continue to shallow before they start looking into alternatives to Microsoft software?" -[link\|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=106839\|Orion]
Post #109,688 by pwhysall 7/15/03 2:11:30 AM Reply	Gosh, yathink? And for those not in the know - it's illegal to resell OEM copies of MS software. Peter [link\|http://www.debian.org\|Shill For Hire] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Blog]
Post #109,698 by CRConrad 7/15/03 6:46:33 AM Reply	"Illegal"...? If MS were the government, perhaps. It's against Microsoft's licensing terms, yes; but since Microsoft aren't -- quite yet, at least not in principle (although in practice...) -- the legislative authority in most countries I know of, how "illegal" it is depends on how legal their licensing terms are. [link\|mailto:MyUserId@MyISP.CountryCode\|Christian R. Conrad] (I live in Finland, and my e-mail in-box is at the Saunalahti company.) Your lies are of Microsoftian Scale and boring to boot. Your 'depression' may be the closest you ever come to recognizing truth: you have no 'inferiority complex', you are inferior - and something inside you recognizes this. - [link\|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=71575\|Ashton Brown]
Post #109,768 by orion 7/15/03 1:30:44 PM Reply	What I have a problem with is that they say you have to do all technical support through their company, and cannot register the software. They also say that the software is shipped from Eastern Europe, so maybe the law is different from there? I've seen OEM copies of XP Pro for $179 - $159 USD being sold with hardware sales. BTW the order link on their web site is broken, either the server is not up, or the PHP script that they are using is not there. They are using a different domain name for their software selling. "I wonder how much of this BS Corporations will continue to shallow before they start looking into alternatives to Microsoft software?" -[link\|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=106839\|Orion]
Post #110,320 by jake123 7/18/03 10:35:00 AM Reply	The law is different in E. Europe Their intellectual property regime is quite different from ours, though they have been under a lot of pressure to "harmonize" their practices with those common in the west. --\n-------------------------------------------------------------------\n* Jack Troughton jake at consultron.ca \n [link\|http://consultron.ca\|http://consultron.ca] [link\|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca\|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca] \n Kingston Ontario Canada [link\|news://news.consultron.ca\|news://news.consultron.ca] *\n-------------------------------------------------------------------
Post #110,341 by pwhysall 7/18/03 11:34:49 AM Reply	Yes, illegal. It's against the licence agreement. Illegal. Can go to jail for. Peter [link\|http://www.debian.org\|Shill For Hire] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Blog]
Post #110,357 by orion 7/18/03 12:50:23 PM Reply	Verily so apparently their web site is down, replaced by a web hosting page. Crime does not pay. "I wonder how much of this BS Corporations will continue to shallow before they start looking into alternatives to Microsoft software?" -[link\|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=106839\|Orion]
Post #110,390 by bbronson 7/18/03 3:51:27 PM Reply	So? It's still overpriced Micro$hite BTW, I think it's bad form to use and reference your own quote in your signature block. ;-) Not sure why I feel that way, but I do. Brian Bronson
Post #110,451 by orion 7/19/03 12:54:18 AM Reply	Signature blank until I can think up a new one.

Cheap Software - (orion) - (8) - July 14, 2003, 10:49:34 PM EDT

Gosh, yathink? - (pwhysall) - (5) - July 15, 2003, 02:11:30 AM EDT

"Illegal"...? If MS were the government, perhaps. - (CRConrad) - (4) - July 15, 2003, 06:46:33 AM EDT

What I have a problem with - (orion) - (1) - July 15, 2003, 01:30:44 PM EDT

The law is different in E. Europe - (jake123) - July 18, 2003, 10:35:00 AM EDT

Yes, illegal. - (pwhysall) - (1) - July 18, 2003, 11:34:49 AM EDT

Verily so - (orion) - July 18, 2003, 12:50:23 PM EDT

So? It's still overpriced Micro$hite - (bbronson) - (1) - July 18, 2003, 03:51:27 PM EDT

Signature blank until I can think up a new one. -NT - (orion) - July 19, 2003, 12:54:18 AM EDT

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