https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_segmentation
>From a producer perspective, segmentation is GOOD.
>From a producer perspective producing the Nth copy of a good almost for
free is fantastic.
But if consumers can ALSO copy and distribute your product at very, very
low cost, that is Very Bad.
O
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
Michael wrote:
*"Second, I tend to think these are more than likely just sold dirt cheap
via 3rd world countries where Microsoft will take what it can get, even
pennies ..."*
Exactly.
Going from distant memory here, so don't quote me, but, to determine the
optimal price that they should charge fo
These are as far as I have ever been able to tell actual, working
licenses. I'm on my 3rd copy of use between different devices over
probably 6+ years now, Microsoft blesses my pc still as authentic, so not
like it dies after a few months or eventually figures itself out. My
current win10 copy I
I’m curious to know if the keys bought off this site would match any keys
found in places like this:
https://gist.github.com/jhermsmeier/5959110. Also, what would be the
liability if you paid for the license and that key was pirated like this?
To be clear, I agree with the advocation of getting the
Thanks for sharing this Michael!! If I can get a legit copy of Win10
and Win11 for cheep I will eventually install on a VM.
On 2023-06-16 04:21, Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss wrote:
Are the installation discs sufficient to install Win10 on a no-OS
computer (or a Linux computer with some ex
> Are the installation discs sufficient to install Win10 on a no-OS
computer (or a Linux computer with some extra space on the root drive)?
Yep, you install the iso from microsoft.com so it's legit, vm or hardware,
give it a key during/after install, and off to the races.
-mb
On Thu, Jun 15, 20
I've been using these on several vm's over the years without issues, full
updates, etc. Microsoft tells me they're legit, so good with me.
There's some argument if it's entirely legal, like buying region locked
dvd's and games, but fully functional and I lose no sleep. I use them with
visio and
