Kier wrote:
> On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 11:19:26 +0000, Peter Kai Jensen wrote:
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>> John Locke wrote:
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>>>> Why get a Windows licence however? Therein lies the issue. Some suggested using
>>>> Wine, but the rootkit/spyware is likely to be too tied to the O/S to be
>>>> compatible with a win32 compatibility layer.
>>> ...installing Windows is part of his punishment.
>> Talk about "cruel and unusual" ...
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> Not to mention inaccurate. As part of his probation, he had to have
> monitoring software installed on his PC. This software only works in
> Windows, so if he wanted to use a PC, it must perforce be a Windows one.
>
> Installing Windows was not, is not, 'part of his punishment'.
>
Agreed, and, he probably can run some of the Live Linux OSes that run in
a shell in Microsoft. IANAL...
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