From: Paul Crawford <psc@sat.dundee.ac.uk>
To: Mike McCarty <Mike.McCarty@sbcglobal.net>
Cc: FreeDOS <linux-msdos@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: EMM386 not installed - protected mode software already running.
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 07:42:54 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4CBFE0EE.3090209@sat.dundee.ac.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4CBF59CD.3050508@sbcglobal.net>
On 20/10/10 22:06, Mike McCarty wrote:
> This was not the best post you've ever made, I trow. You may
> not be aware of it, but Microsoft does care, and aggressively
> pursues such kinds of piracy. Disney also does so, and has
> sued several school districts for showing their movies as
> treats for kids.
>
> Beyond that, I don't want to live in a lawless society.
>
> So, could we get back to discussing legal means to achieve his goals?
It would, however, be amusing to see MS pursue legal action for software
they are no longer willing to supply!
Or are they still willing to sell you a copy/license?
Realistically, you could find a set of old DOS disks on eBay or similar
if you are worried. It is not as if they have any serial number or
odious "activation" process to interfere with such a transfer.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-10-21 6:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-10-19 13:49 EMM386 not installed - protected mode software already running Steve Cohen
2010-10-19 14:28 ` Steve Cohen
2010-10-19 16:09 ` Frank Cox
2010-10-19 16:16 ` Frank Cox
[not found] ` <4CBDBF81.8010601@sbcglobal.net>
2010-10-19 16:54 ` Steve Cohen
2010-10-19 17:48 ` Bryan J Smith
2010-10-19 19:34 ` Bryan J Smith
2010-10-19 19:43 ` Bryan J Smith
2010-10-20 2:36 ` Steve Cohen
2010-10-20 15:19 ` Bryan J Smith
2010-10-20 16:14 ` Steve Cohen
2010-10-20 17:00 ` Bryan J Smith
2010-10-20 18:22 ` Mike McCarty
2010-10-20 20:11 ` Frank Cox
[not found] ` <AANLkTinVjXgQaH939Kq1H1B6g=f1ty16bGFdULUqSHDb@mail.gmail.com>
2010-10-20 20:56 ` solarflow99
2010-10-20 21:06 ` Mike McCarty
2010-10-20 23:23 ` solarflow99
2010-10-21 6:42 ` Paul Crawford [this message]
2010-10-21 12:29 ` Steve Cohen
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