<div dir="ltr"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_segmentation">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_segmentation</a><br><div><br></div><div>From a producer perspective, segmentation is GOOD.</div><div>From a producer perspective producing the Nth copy of a good almost for free is fantastic.</div><div><br></div><div>But if consumers can ALSO copy and distribute your product at very, very low cost, that is Very Bad.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jun 16, 2023 at 11:33 AM AZ Pete via PLUG-discuss <<a href="mailto:plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org">plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<font face="Calibri">Just to chime in here as a long time Windows
user (SQL Server DBA), you technically don't even need a key to
run Windows. I run several Windows VMs in "unactivated" mode and
have never run into any issues (I don't really like "wasting" keys
on VMs). Granted that there a few restrictions, such as being
unable to change desktop wallpaper, customize taskbar, etc.
Generally, "look and feel" features. But, you will get all the
security updates and retain full functionality of the O/S and it
won't "expire". Note that this applies to Windows desktop, Windows
Server will "expire" after about four months after which you must
reinstall the O/S (total BS since SQL Server Developer edition is
free & never expires, but the license is for dev purposes only
not production use). I have bought keys from Kinguin.net over the
years, but haven't done so it a while. They are legit keys, but
technically they are OEM keys. A bit of a "grey" area, but use
you're own judgement.<br>
<br>
Hope this helps,<br>
Peter<br>
<br>
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<div>On 6/16/2023 7:31 AM, Anthony
Radzykewycz via PLUG-discuss wrote:<br>
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<div dir="auto">I’m curious to know if the keys bought off this
site would match any keys found in places like this:
<div dir="auto"><a href="https://gist.github.com/jhermsmeier/5959110" target="_blank">https://gist.github.com/jhermsmeier/5959110</a>.
Also, what would be the liability if you paid for the license
and that key was pirated like this? </div>
<div dir="auto">To be clear, I agree with the advocation of
getting these keys as inexpensively as possible. Just thought
I’d throw this out there and maybe you could do a quick
compare just in case. </div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jun 16, 2023 at 7:24
AM Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss <<a href="mailto:plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org" target="_blank">plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org</a>>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Thanks
for sharing this Michael!! If I can get a legit copy of
Win10 <br>
and Win11 for cheep I will eventually install on a VM.<br>
<br>
<br>
On 2023-06-16 04:21, Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss wrote:<br>
>> Are the installation discs sufficient to install
Win10 on a no-OS<br>
> computer (or a Linux computer with some extra space on
the root<br>
> drive)?<br>
> <br>
> Yep, you install the iso from <a href="http://microsoft.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">microsoft.com</a>
[1] so it's legit, vm or<br>
> hardware, give it a key during/after install, and off
to the races.<br>
> <br>
> -mb<br>
> <br>
> On Thu, Jun 15, 2023 at 11:15 PM Steve Litt via
PLUG-discuss<br>
> <<a href="mailto:plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org" target="_blank">plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org</a>>
wrote:<br>
> <br>
>> Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss said on Thu, 15 Jun
2023 18:22:08<br>
>> -0700<br>
>> <br>
>>> So interestingly enough, if/when I need
windoze, I often buy from a<br>
>>> place like THIS, as a method of getting Windoze
officially<br>
>> licensed,<br>
>>> flat cheap.<br>
>>> <br>
> <<a href="http://mail.sendmailco.com/index.php/campaigns/tb637ap0sybfa/track-url/gv224svhyh867/11430a51e55c5971d23f31e2e7ede8b0f9331165" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://mail.sendmailco.com/index.php/campaigns/tb637ap0sybfa/track-url/gv224svhyh867/11430a51e55c5971d23f31e2e7ede8b0f9331165</a>><br>
>>> It updates itself, never had a problem, and
simply just works.<br>
>> <br>
>> Are these legitimate licenses, or Far-East
knockoffs?<br>
>> <br>
>> Are the installation discs sufficient to install
Win10 on a no-OS<br>
>> computer (or a Linux computer with some extra space
on the root<br>
>> drive)?<br>
>> <br>
>> Can you install these as Qemu guests on my Linux
computer?<br>
>> <br>
>> Thanks,<br>
>> <br>
>> SteveT<br>
>> <br>
>> Steve Litt<br>
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