Mixture: Point taken. Of course Microshaft write their own rules to maximise their profits. On the other hand, I have paid a license fee to use XP for ever on one machine. Microshaft can (probably) enforce that. If they really insist that the license is to expire when the machine for whch it is issued is taken out of use, then they will have to enforce that too. They have been trying for years to force me to purchase a new copy of Microsoft Office. My copy of Office XP still works but by introducing the new ".docx" format they tried to stop me and millions of other Office users from using their older software. I assume that it was pressure from many users that forced them to bring out the mod. which enables older versions of Word to read .docx files.
All is fair in love and war - provided you obey Bill Gates' rules - but which rules?
P.P.