[mso] Re: Downgrading to Outlook 2000?

On 29 Apr 2003 at 6:52, Linda F. Johnson wrote:

> However...as to your original question about Microsoft's policy on
> this...I read the link you posted and I can't make any sense out of
> it...is Microsoft saying that if I own two versions of the same program, I
> have to contact them to be allowed to run the earlier version?  Are they
> saying that running two versions of the same program or an earlier version
> of any program is something I must now get their permission for?  Does
> anyone understand what this gobbledy gook means?
> 
> http://www.microsoft.com/PERMISSION/copyrgt/cop-soft.htm#Down

What I read into it was that if you bought the current version, you might 
get special permission to run an earlier version.  Sometimes earlier 
versions just aren't available for sale.  This way you could the latest 
version and then use that license to run a copy of the software you get 
from a friend (I mean a legitimate source) if it wasn't available 
elsewhere.

For example, if you had some vertical app which would not run under Win 
XP, you could buy XP and then get a version of Win 98 or whatever you 
needed, and MS might allow you to do that.


-- 
Jim
poston@xxxxxxx

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