Originally posted by JohnT
The machines were transferred to another employee (yet again in the article). One employee was using the machine, it got transferred to employee #2 and therefore was somehow "non-compliant."
Let me quote yet again:
(Didn't I quote this exact passage in the previous post?)
How is that different from:
The machine and the software on the machine got transferred. From one employee to another. Just like you said.
Are you sure you know what happened to this guy? You might want to read the article with a more open mind.
The machines were transferred to another employee (yet again in the article). One employee was using the machine, it got transferred to employee #2 and therefore was somehow "non-compliant."
Let me quote yet again:
The guys in engineering need a new PC, so they get one and we pass theirs on to somebody doing clerical work. Well, if you don't wipe the hard drive on that PC, that's a violation.
(Didn't I quote this exact passage in the previous post?)
How is that different from:
It is one license per user, but that license is transferrable to any user as long as it's only one user at once. "******."
The machine and the software on the machine got transferred. From one employee to another. Just like you said.
Are you sure you know what happened to this guy? You might want to read the article with a more open mind.
The reason it was non-compliant wasn't because it was "licensed to employee #1 and transferred to employee #2" , it was non-compliant because employee #2 got employee #1's old computer, with Windows, and employee #1 got a new computer, with Windows. 2 employees, one license.
Hmm.
What's obviously happening here is you're reading into his (tremendous) slant, and you're falling for how he set up his wording. You don't need to "reformat your computer" for it to be legal, you need to obtain a license for both copies. One way to do this is to reformat the old one and acquire Windows again, another way is to simply call MS and say you'd like an additional license. Tada.
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