>>>>'Lindows" ?
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>>>www.lindows.com
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>>mmm... Interesting...
>>Their FAQ didn't answer the obvious question: Will I have to own a Microsoft OS license in order to use Lindows to run WinXX apps?
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>>Did you find the answer to that question anywhee?
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>Just plain logic. If Lindows will be an OS, why would you need a license for another OS that you are not using? You would still need it for Office, of course, but then it doesn't say anywhere that you have to buy Windows to run Office, right? That would be called bound merchandise (or whatever would the term be) and I don't think that's legal. You can still buy Office just to keep it on the shelf, or to use the CDs as fancy mirrors. It does say it "needs Windows to run", but it probably doesn't say "you must buy Windows to run this". Though, I wouldn't be surprised if it would say so once.

Yea, good ol' logic... that MS can take care of with the stroke of a pen. Adding something like "Must be run on a MS Windows OS." is all that it would take in the license agreement, and I'd bet they'd get away with it too.

I don't remember them doing that with OS2, but then they had other tricks up their sleeves to take care of that distraction.

Updated: I should have said that I agree fully with your original issue.