On Wed, May 01, 2002 at 03:19:02AM -0500, Stephen_Reilly at dell.com wrote:
> vaguely recall it coming up before. I believe the misunderstanding arises
> because of an agreement PCWorld made with MSoft not to ship systems without
> Windows/Drivers installed and correctly configured. In this case the young
> man on the floor would have been told, quite correctly, that it was illegal
> for him to sell unsupported hardware to an end customer. It does not mean
If he wwwer told this, it would not have been correctly. Nothing about
any agreement PCWorld makes with Microsoft would make any action of theirs
against that agreement illegal (illegal meaning something which is forbidden
by law, in case we're not sure). It might well contravene that agreement, it
might well give Microsoft cause to seek remedies from PCWorld, but it surely
is NOT illegal.
Niall
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