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Thread ID: 72787	2006-09-26 05:50:00	computers on auction sites- legality of software?	Johhnied (11172)	Press F1

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487443	2006-09-26 05:50:00	:illogical I'm considering buying a notebook through auction and notice very few have other than the operating software listed. Why is this? Is there a problem with legal transfer of say - office ?	Johhnied (11172)
487444	2006-09-26 07:09:00	Maybe b/c lack of demand for buyers to pay that extra price? MS Office would need to be provided in a CD form with the certificate sticker and so forth .... Maybe that if they sell them separately they get more money.	Nomad (952)
487445	2006-09-26 07:35:00	If the notebooks were ex-corporate lease, the licence would be a VLK that would remain with the company that leased the laptop. Microsoft Office is not part of Windows, is not bundled "free" and the licence has probably been transferred to another replacement laptop? In some cases it may have more value to the owner than the laptop. Price a full retail edition of Office Pro and see...	godfather (25)
487446	2006-09-26 07:51:00	If you think Microsoft Office is a bit on the expensive side could I suggest giving http://www.openoffice.org/ a try.	gcarmich (10068)
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