[dundee] Windows inverted

[Paul Lancaster]

James Le Cuirot wrote:
> On Sun, 16 Dec 2007 19:03:09 +0000
> Paul Lancaster <paul_lancaster at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>   
>> oops - maybe you shouldnt have admitted to that as ms win OEM
>> liecences are limited to the m/c they were supplied with.
>>     
>
> I am well aware of that but it's a business practise I happen to
> disagree with! Quite frankly, MS should be grateful that I've paid for
> XP at all given how often I use it, which is once in a blue moon
> because I have to, not because I want to.
>
> I now have Vista on the laptop. That is totally legit because I was
> fortunate enough to have work pay for it. I didn't really want it but I
> figured it might be useful to have for testing and such. Since I had no
> intention of paying for it myself, I took the most of the opportunity!
>
> James
>
>   
I have the same problem at work, Laptops supplied with OEM vista 
installed, only to be wiped as I install the standard XP build.
Hopefully the pilot scheme Cental are running with SLES and SLED proves 
succesful and I can install an operating system I can feel happy with.

Paul