Winmag bracht onlangs het nieuws naar buiten dat Microsoft vanaf volgend jaar geen OEM CD's meer zal leveren met Windows installs die op nieuwe computers worden geleverd. OSOpinion heeft een artikeltje geschreven over deze idiote maatregel:
Last week, Winmag broke the story that as of 2000, Microsoft won't include the CD to the OEMs given to the customers who buy new computers. According to Winmag, this included Win 9x, Millennium and NT 4 and 5.Apparently the only way that Microsoft will give the CDs is if the OEMs introduce a BIOS locking mechanism so that the Windows CD will only work for the computer in question. Why has Microsoft come up with such an insane demand?
It appears that MS loses money with each new computer purchase because the buyer uses his old CD or installs the only copy to 8 machines. Let me pause here and take out a Kleenex and clear away those tears.
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