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Re: Add Windows partition to existing Ubuntu Partition

Subject: Re: Add Windows partition to existing Ubuntu Partition
From: Gordon
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:47:14 +0100
Amedee Van Gasse (ub) wrote:
> On Thu, October 15, 2009 14:16, Gordon wrote:
> 
>> Find a friend with the exact same version of XP you originally had on
>> that machine, and make a copy of the CD. It's the Product key you pay
>> for, not the media......
> 
> No.
> You pay for the license.
> The product key is just an artifact of the license, just like the media.
> Microsoft lawyers would say that this is illegal.
> 
> 

So why then, can you go to MS and buy a replacement media for little 
more than the shipping cost, as long as you have a valid product key?


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