[ Thanks to Wol for this
link. ]
“Microsoft has backed away from its bizarre claim that it is a
legal requirement that preinstalled operating systems remain with a
machine for the life of the machine – but only slightly. The
Register drew attention to this on Tuesday, and the Microsoft site
spreading this disinformation was mysteriously updated on
Wednesday.“We’re far too modest to claim this as anything other than
coincidence, but would like to draw the Redmond web morlocks’
attention to the Q&A further down the page. If you’re going to
soften the wording at the top, it seems to us to make sense to
change the rest too, so you don’t confuse people…”
Related Story:
The Register: Preinstalled Windows Illegal to Remove? (Apr 30,
2002)