[ale] Best Desktop Env or Distro for Windows users?

[Charles Marcus]

> From: Sean Kilpatrick <kilpatms at mindspring.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 4:49 PM
>
> I sent my licensed copy of Win98 off to my son-in-law
> along with the computer it came with. New box came
> with Win2k which I dual boot with RH 7.3 but I would
> _love_ to be able to move two or three critical apps
> over and run through Linux and get rid of the Windows
> partition.

Hi Sean,

Personally, if I owned a Win2K license, I would not have a problem ethically
with running a copy of Win9x with it.  Not both, just Win9x.  If I was ever
dragged in front of a jury on the issue, I would simply say that I didn't
see why a license for Win2K wouldn't be good to run a copy of Win9x - I
wasn't running both, just the older version.

Yes, maybe strictly legally speaking it is not a valid argument, and maybe
the BSA wouldn't accept it, but ethically, I see no problem with it.

Charles


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