Argh.  gkeys24 seems to be down.  Do you have an alternate source?  I'd like to make a VM 'legal' by M$ standards (bah, humbug!) ;-) On 6/15/23 18:22, Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss wrote: > So interestingly enough, if/when I need windoze, I often buy from a place > like THIS, as a method of getting Windoze officially licensed, flat cheap. > > It updates itself, never had a problem, and simply just works. > > As it turns out, Microsoft will sell to the lowest bidder too, ie. those > that can't sell $200 licenses in their global economy, when all you got is > $1.54USD and as good as it gets, they will take it greedily still. > > Break this down; If you're in the US and well to do, they'll take your $200 > licensing per copy of windoze, but if you're broke, we'll take Pennies on > the dollar too, and won't even sue you for piracy. > > What's to stop you from buying licenses offshow for a massive discount? > Hmm. > > Mind you, these places sell this at a profit too selling windoze licenses > for something plus on this cost for dollars per license, but if a dumbass > shows up to BestBuy to pay $200 too per license, they'll take their cash > too at $200 profit. > > Do yourself a favor, don't pay the microsoft tax, rather exploit their own > loophole as they intend poor bastards to. > > I don't resell this service or make cash on it, but rather enjoy the fact > they flaunt Microsoft style hypocrisy so flagrantly. I'd be interested to > hear opinions on the legality of this, but after watching picking up > microsoft tax like a god-given gratuity, I see this as a good thing > not-simpleton users as some retribution. > > I only use windoze keys from here for VM's, it's a > lovely thing, and get a bit of a kick out of it even knowing some folks > actually pay the full amount for windows. > > -mb > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss