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Original Equipment Manufacturer.
What Dana said.
Companies get specially non-boxed versions of software at massivly discounted prices to include with their computers/drives.etc. They usually have specially licensed versions of the end user agreement.
They are not supposed to be sold outright, in theory.
They are not supposed to be sold outright, in theory.
t snicker, chortle, guffaw Remembering Microsoft support days: "No, ma'am, I'm sorry, but six other people in two other states have registered that product already. No, ma'am, I can't give you support for a non-registered product. Not even if you ask nicely. Especially not if you swear at me. Good-bye, ma'am."
What does OEM mean?
In this context, they mean the stereo that comes included with a new car.
Rather interesting opinion article on the Bittorrent stuff: [link] Says that the MPAA's actions are just going to incite hackers to come up with a better tool--say, a version of Bittorrent that's decentralized.
And this CNET article says that the Nova that was supr folks are already working on one: [link]
as of November, 35% of all traffic on the Internet was BitTorrent-related
Wow.
as of November, 35% of all traffic on the Internet was BitTorrent-related
Sorry, guys!
Wasn't November when Bittorent added porn?
as of November, 35% of all traffic on the Internet was BitTorrent-related
I've heard that stat a lot. I've also seen it disputed.
Where/how is the best place to get one song online? I've seen you mention various places, but I'm willing to drop a dollar or so just to get a copy of Ozzy's "Mama I'm Comin' Home." I've got a dial-up connection on Win98 with IE6. There's got to be some place that panders to my run-of-the-mill setup.