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Microsoft the greedy

It saddens me to observe the greed of large companies Microsoft have a virtual monopoly when every computer sold must have their program installed, considering the billions of computers they are not sort of income, and yet if we upgrade our computer we are told we have to buy a new license.

Recently many questions concerning Windows activation and what constitutes a ʺdifferent computerʺ for purposes of licensing have been posed.

Finally, Microsoft has given a definitive answer.

According to a recent change to the End User License Agreement (EULA), a computer is defined by its motherboard.

If you get a new one (unless itʹs replaced due to a defect), itʹs considered a new computer and youʹre supposed to buy a new license.

Otherwise, you can generally replace all of the hardware components without getting a new license, except for the motherboard.

Will Microsoft be surprised if everybody claims their Motherboard was defective and how are they going to prove it wasn’t ?

Microsoft recently made a change to the licence agreement saying that a new motherboard is equal to a new computer, hence you need to purchase a new Windows licence.

Here is what Microsoft has to say:

“An upgrade of the motherboard is considered to result in a “new personal computer” to which Microsoft® OEM operating system software cannot be transferred from another computer. If the motherboard is upgraded or replaced for reasons other than a defect, then a new computer has been created and the license of new operating system software is required.”

The reason Microsoft gave for this term is that “Microsoft needed to have one base component “left standing” that would still define that original PC. Since the motherboard contains the CPU and is the “heart and soul” of the PC, when the motherboard is replaced (for reasons other than defect) a new PC is essentially created.”

Surely if you have bought a product you should be at liberty to use that product as you wish Yes ?