Re: BEWARE: New EULA lets MS ADMIN YOUR Systems!

From: Arnt Karlsen (arnt@c2i.net)
Date: 07/10/02 

From: Arnt Karlsen <arnt@c2i.net>
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 20:32:29 GMT

.on Mon, 08 Jul 2002 11:57:25 +0200, "S. Pidgorny [MVP]"
<slavickp@yahoo.com> top posted in message <uiv#OamJCHA.1924@tkmsftngp09>:
>
> "Arnt Karlsen" <arnt@c2i.net> wrote in message
> news:pan.2002.07.06.18.57.22.744856.6749@c2i.net...
>> .on Sat, 06 Jul 2002 15:11:01 +0200, "Jim Gallagher"
>> <jgajimg@junkmail.splusnet.com> wrote in message
>> <#EhK35OJCHA.2664@tkmsftngp09>:
>>
>> > Simply do what I just did delete/remove WMP from your system. There
>> > are other, better, products anyway.
>>
>> ..irrelevant.
>>
>> ..relevant: Did you _ever_ click "I accept" on that new EULA?
>>
>
> See http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/25956.html for the piece
> you're after. It's put out of context but I believe some common sense is
> applicable

..maybe, maybe, maybe. I am still looking for the full text so I can see
the context for myself. Without the context in the full text, I cannot
form an educated opinion on the legal issue here.

> - under any circumstances the admin assigns permissions in
> the system, not the OS vendor.

..clicking "I accept", you _do_ make an agreement, between yourself and
whoever asks you to accept, in this case, the "os" vendor Microsoft.

..often, these agreements has legal ramifications reaching _far_ beyond
the legal title assigned to the average hired sysadmins working for the
average enterprise/company/organization/government/legal entity. ;-)
 
> And yes - I have accepted a lot of EULAs.
>
> --
> Svyatoslav Pidgorny, MS MVP, MCSE
> -= F1 is the key =- 

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