Dodgy?

[Mon Ami Mate]

I keep getting e-mailed ads from these people:

http://aygeynwubbzjkr.lladndc.info/?o7qZqVpmsY_CEcogyhvsiyixcjnh

I generally work on the principle that if something appears to good to be true, it is.

Is this as dodgy as it appears or am I missing out on something that can legitimately save me a lot of money?

[fish]

Doesn't the web address rather shout RIPOFF..

[plotloss]

With a URL like that its almost certaintly exceptionally dodgy.

Do you have kids?

If so you can get the educational licenses which are even cheaper than those prices...

[Liszt]

Yep, It is OEM software which means you have to buy it with a piece of hardware.
You would be breaking the licence agreement so it is worth as much as a copy of someonelses windows cd.

[neil_cardiff]

Liszt said:

Yep, It is OEM software which means you have to buy it with a piece of hardware. You would be breaking the licence agreement so it is worth as much as a copy of someonelses windows cd.

Or if you already have a licensed copy of any Office, you can purchase OEM upgrade to Office 2003, by just buying upgrading CERTAIN components on that particular pc. If you read through the license aggreement, an upgrade is deemed as something like a new stick of memory for example...So all you have to do is replace or upgrade your memory on all your corporate pc's and you can get to the Office 2003 platform much more cheaply. But, and this is the but, you can't add this into the Software Assurance thingy from MS...

Bet you didn't know that eh - everydays a school day!

Heads up, IT managers!!!

Edited to add - can be applied to anything by the looks of this providing you buy from a 'System Builder'...so you can buy any license from a system builder with a stick of memory...

Text from <a href="http://oem.microsoft.com/downloads/sbLicense2004/English_SB_License.pdf">http://oem.microsoft.com/downloads/sbLicense2004/English_SB_License.pdf</a>

4. SOFTWARE DISTRIBUTION.
4.1 If the individual software license is a desktop operating system (including Windows XP Media Center Edition),
we grant you a nonexclusive right to distribute individual software licenses; provided that each one is distributed
with either (a) a fully assembled computer system or (b) a nonperipheral computer hardware
component. A “fully assembled computer system” means a computer system consisting of at least a central processing
unit, a motherboard, a hard drive, a power supply, and a case. A “nonperipheral computer hardware
component” means a component that will be an integral part of the fully assembled computer system on which
the individual software license will be installed.

6. DISTRIBUTION OTHER THAN WITH A FULLY ASSEMBLED COMPUTER SYSTEM. We grant you a nonexclusive
right to distribute individual software licenses for desktop operating systems or hardware units to another system
builder if the software and hardware are distributed with a nonperipheral computer hardware component;
provided that the other system builder accepts this license. A copy of this license is posted at
<a href="http://www.microsoft.com/oem/sblicense">www.microsoft.com/oem/sblicense</a> to facilitate its acceptance by the other system builder. You are required to
keep records of any distributions pursuant to this section to show that its requirements were met.




>> Edited by neil_cardiff on Tuesday 7th September 16:13

[Mon Ami Mate]

fish said:

Doesn't the web address rather shout RIPOFF..

But I sometimes wonder if I look gift horses in the mouth by being too upstanding, so I was interested in other opinions. Maybe I should tip-off

[agent006]

If they've sent you an email advert, it kinda takes away any possibility of then being legitimate.