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Re: Another IDE Bug!

• Posted by euman at bellsouth.net Aug 17, 2001
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I have a vendor locked edition..But the O/S was part of
the purchase of the machine...

Yes it does state that you may use this on only one machine
so tell me, why if I formated the IBM and put LINUX on
that box (which I did) now I have a drink coaster....

Euman
euman at bellsouth.net


----- Original Message -----
From: <freeplay at mailandnews.com>
To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2001 17:50
Subject: Re: Another IDE Bug!


>
> Hi Euman,
>
> I know that MS made dozens of OEM'ed versions (Other Equipment
> Manufacturer) of DOS and Windows 3.X (I have some ancient Dell OEM'ed
> diskettes somewhere) but I thought (but I'm probably wrong) that Windows NT
> 4.0 was just a standard CD burn.  I've put Windows NT 4.0 on my (non-IBM)
> PC from a CD with the following printed on the CD:
>
>   Microsoft Windows NT Workstation
>   Operating System Version 4.0
>   For Distribution Only with a New PC
>   Do Not Make Illegal Copies of This Disc
>   1-2 Processor Edition
>   (c) 1985-1996 Microsoft
>   Corporation.  All rights reserved.
>   1096 Part No. 000-48303
>
> I guess the important info is the Part Number stuff.  If your Win NT 4.0 CD
> ROM is the same as mine then I can't explain why you can't install it on
> your non-IBM system.  If your CD has different info on it them maybe you
> have a "vendor locked" version which seems rather unfair.
>
> Regards,
>
> FP.
>
> At 16:57 16/08/01 -0500, you wrote:
> >
> >Interesting, I have an IBM and tried to use the Win NT 4
> >installation CD on another non-IBM machine and because
> >it's setup to read the BIOS the O/S wont install.
> >
> >Me thinks IBM's been burned meybe more than once.... 
> >
> >I personally have an issue with this because I bought the
> >damn CD when I purchased my IBM Machine..
> >
> >Euman
> >euman at bellsouth.net
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "George Walters" <gwalters at sc.rr.com>
> >To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
> >Sent: Friday, August 17, 2001 14:08
> >Subject: Re: Another IDE Bug!
> >
> >
> >>
> >> That is quite interesting. Back in those days the Theos OS was around ( a
> >> competitor to CP/M called OASIS) and Tim Wms also had a back door secret
> >> code on OASIS. Do you think they expected ripoff's?? The story goes that
> >> when IBM went looking for an OS for their PC they set up meetings with 3 of
> >> the GRU's of the time, Bill, Tim, and one other I can't remember.  Bill was
> >> the only one with the business sense to show up for the meeting. The
> other's
> >> did not. What a big mistake.....
> >>
> >> ...george
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Irv Mullins" <irvm at ellijay.com>
> >> To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
> >> Sent: Friday, August 17, 2001 2:19 PM
> >> Subject: Re: Another IDE Bug!
> >>
> >>
> >> >
> >> > On Friday 17 August 2001 11:01, president at insight-concepts.com wrote:
> >> > >
> >> > >  C. K. Lester wrote:
> >> > > >I think I'll switch to OS X on a PowerMac G4 (dual processor).
> >> > > >Apparently
> >> > > >those guys are not only fast, but they do the dishes and laundry.
> >> > > >They also
> >> > > >do Windows...
> >> > >
> >> > > A few years ago I would of agreed with you, but PC computers have
> >> > > surpassed the MAC. If you wait a few more months, Windows XP will
> >> > > finally be released. XP is th best thing Microsoft has developed
> >> > > since DOS or Win95.
> >> >
> >> > Microsoft "developed" DOS?
> >> > I don't think so.
> >> > If someone wanted to be very diplomatic about it, one might use the
> >> > word "appropriated".
> >> >
> >> > See http://www.aaxnet.com/topics/msinc.html#dr
> >> >
> >> > Quote:
> >> > 1982 - Digital Research sues Microsoft and IBM - Wins - . It was obvious
> >> > MS-DOS and its PC-DOS variant were simply rip- offs of Digital Research's
> >> > CP/M operating system. It remained only to prove it contained DR code.
> >> DR's
> >> > Gary Kildall sat down at an IBM PC supplied by IBM and, using a secret
> >> code,
> >> > got it to pop up a Digital Research copyright notice.
> >> >
> >> > It's case won, Digital Research received monetary compensation and the
> >> right
> >> > to clone MS-DOS. This is why Microsoft never sued DR over DR-DOS, but
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