[Nottingham] Microsoft EULA simplified?

[Jim Moore]

section 4 is interesting... does that mean they've relaxed the
registration protocols/WGA?

On 7/10/09, Dylan Swift <dylan.swift at gmail.com> wrote:
> as of 09:00 on the 10th the page is fixed
>
> 2009/7/9 Jim Moore <jmthelostpacket at googlemail.com>:
>> ...as of now, 2300, the page throws a 404
>>
>> On 7/9/09, Peter Taylor <nickstone at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Through the wonders of Twitter I thought I'd try to get a response out of
>>> Microsoft about the dead link, more than half expecting to be ignored,
>>> apparently not.
>>>
>>> http://twitter.com/Microsoft/status/2554222376
>>>
>>> 2009/7/9 Martin <martin at ml1.co.uk>
>>>
>>>> 19:01 and not fixed.
>>>>
>>>> > and still, as at 1700, not fixed!
>>>>
>>>> >> Still not fixed! (2009/07/09 13:37 -- LEET!)
>>>>
>>>> >>> On these terms, it could almost be usable.... :-)
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/eula/pro.mspx
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> (Assuming they haven't fixed it by the time you see this).
>>>>
>>>> Wow! Now that must rate as the shortest EULA ever.
>>>>
>>>> Very amateurish.
>>>>
>>>> Regardless, I'm sure their Legal Department will argue E&OE or some such
>>>> arcanery for their profit.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> (You don't think that Douglas Adams has arisen from the dead to pull one
>>>> last joke?...)
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Martin
>>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> MTFBWY
>>>
>>> ~Peter Taylor
>>>    nickstone at gmail.com
>>>       nickstone.wordpress.com
>>>
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