In one of my previous articles I had mentioned that there are some things that I do not like to discuss. Politics and religion, to which I also added EULA [End Users License Agreements]. Why? The main reason is that I am not a legal beagle and have enough problems without trying to decipher the cryptic meaning in any EULA. Second is because of several articles that have been published recently on the Internet.

The Windows Secret newsletter has published several articles in which their writer stated how to obtain Microsoft software on the cheap and continued the discussion with another take today. After reading both newsletter articles, they seem to leave the reader more confused than enlightened. Over at Ed Bott’s blog, he presented some other instances where companies were selling software that did not adhere to Microsoft’s guidelines. You can Google for these articles if you wish to read them yourself.

The bottom line is this people. If a deal on the Internet sounds to good to be true, than it most likely it is. This is not to say that if you are entitled to purchase student or academic software that you shouldn’t take advantage of it. You should. I had previously mentioned that at the Academic Super Store located here are selling Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Upgrade for $69.95. But restriction apply on who is eligible to make the purchase. READ THE FINE PRINT.

It is one copy per machine. Unless you purchase a volume license.

Comments welcome.

[tags]microsoft, vista, eula[/tags]