Vanguard wrote:
> "Opinicus" <gezgin@spamcop.net> wrote in message
> news:11rkm1sn55qut09@news.supernews.com...
>> "Vanguard" <vanguard.code@comcastNIX.net> wrote
>>
>>> can buy it with a power cord. The license is tied to that
>>> qualifying hardware. The EULA never states that the qualifying
>>> hardware's license gets
>>
>> Erm, I believe an OEM version is tied to the first *computer* that
>> it's installed on...
>
>
> It is tied to the qualifying hardware. Read the EULA. Mine says:
>
> "This End-User License Agreement ("EULA") is a legal agreement
> between you (either an individual or a single legal entity) and the
> manufacturer ("Manufacturer") of the computer system or computer
> system component ("HARDWARE") with which you acquired the Microsoft
> software product(s) identified on the Certificate of Authenticity
> ("COA") affixed to the HARDWARE or on the associated product
> documentation ("SOFTWARE")."
> "The term "COMPUTER" as used herein shall mean the HARDWARE, if the
> HARDWARE is a single computer system, or shall mean the computer
> system with which the HARDWARE operates, if the HARDWARE is a
> computer system component."

There is no such thing as qualifying hardware for OEM Office product.
According to the OEM agreement it can only be sold when installed on a new
system period. Perhaps you didn't click on the link in the OP and think the
thread is about OEM XP product :-)

Kerry