🚀 go-pugleaf

psht yah right wrote:
> 
> that's the beauty of microsoft products.
> some people put their license that has the
> registration key in the jewel case with the
> disk.
> Also.. if you ever bought Office Pro then
> you'd know that the manual is next to
> worthless in explaining just about anything
> MicroCrap thinks they can save a bunch
> of money by putting everything in online help
> and giving you that damned little clippy guy
> that you can ask questions to.
> SO....
> even though it says not to sell your OEM
> disk.. you CAN in fact sell it.  They mean
> that people can't go to stores and buy the
> thing... go into a store and buy from a rack
> of OEM disks instead of the boxed version.
> 
> Its kinda like this.. remember a while back
> when COSTCO first came out?  well there
> you could buy packages of product that
> said right on them not to be sold individually
> bulk is cheaper...   SOOOOO......
> 
> Here's the deal... YOU CAN SELL ANYTHING
> you purchase.. as long as you follow the license
> agreement... READ IT SOMETIME.. its quite
> interesting.  Tell me if it says you can't sell your disk..
> bet you can.
> 
> think about what your'e saying before you say it..
> you might say something intelligent.

I was hoping you might do just that, but....

> BTW I'm not the one selling the disk in case you're
> wondering..
> 
> Mark
> 
> madisonj@ucs.orst.edu
> 
> On Wed, 06 Jan 1999 16:49:14 -0600, Peter Kovach
> <peter.joseph.kovach@medtronic.com> wrote:
> 
> >Sunrise wrote:
> >>
> >> In article <36946735.3AD1@teleport.com>,
> >>
> >> >You can get this on eBay aution website for $30 or less for Service
> >> >Release 1 (the upgrade to SR-2 is free online from Microsoft).  eBay has
> >> >hundreds of these listed at any time.
> >> >
> >>
> >> Isn't this product illegal according to Microsoft?
> >> Checking with MS site if it does not come with a certificate of
> >> authenticity it is not supposed to be for public distribution.
> >>
> >> --
> >>                 I'm out!
> >>                                 -Kramer
> >
> >
> >It also has no manual, etc for those that want one, even if it was legit
> >to sell it