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From: MartinC on 12 Jul 2010 13:14 David Empson wrote: >> I remember some early reports, that the "upgrade" DVD does install on any >> *empty* volume and on any volume with *Leopard* - but not on/over any volume >> with Tiger or earlier. > > I don't remember any such reports, and assuming that you mean "retail" > (not "upgrade"), then I've already established that this is wrong. The > retail DVD will install on any compatible Mac, with no check of previous > OS. Yep - you are obviously right, I just couldn't find any in English, so there wasn't a problem. However, there was a lot of talk about the DVD sold in Germany - I found some old discussions where people claimed they could *not* install over Tiger, but on a new formatted volume. So either some local versions in Europe were different, or there was some other glitch on (some) existing Tiger systems that caused a bug. I don't think that it was a hoax, some people really were forced to use a new disk.
From: Wes Groleau on 12 Jul 2010 13:40 On 07-12-2010 13:14, MartinC wrote: > However, there was a lot of talk about the DVD sold in Germany - I found > some old discussions where people claimed they could*not* install over > Tiger, but on a new formatted volume. Maybe that explains how my copy got on eBay. It came unopened, and if I tried to run it without rebooting, it was preset to German only. The only way I could get the language selector was to boot the DVD itself. The seller insisted it was a U.S. disk. -- Wes Groleau Amigos Falsos http://Ideas.Lang-Learn.us/WWW?itemid=108
From: Mike Rosenberg on 12 Jul 2010 19:08 AES <siegman(a)stanford.edu> wrote: > Does this imply that there is _no_ meaningful way to prevent the > purchaser of single license DVD from using it as a family pack? It's strictly on the honor system. -- My latest dance routines: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkxGQmTvctc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTajUBrlA6c
From: AES on 13 Jul 2010 12:11 In article <1jlj6ib.1g8k5ut1ir1lmqN%mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com>, mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com (Mike Rosenberg) wrote: > AES <siegman(a)stanford.edu> wrote: > > > Does this imply that there is _no_ meaningful way to prevent the > > purchaser of single license DVD from using it as a family pack? > > It's strictly on the honor system. > Thanks. And just for the record, I'm not trying to evade any such restrictions. But at the same time, I'm not fond of any such honor systems where a commercial vendor is attempting to get the benefits of various restrictions without actually being prepared to enforce them -- especially when the terms of this honor systems are unclear or imprecise.
From: George Kerby on 13 Jul 2010 13:26
On 7/13/10 11:17 AM, in article michelle-E34324.09171413072010(a)reserved-multicast-range-not-delegated.exampl e.com, "Michelle Steiner" <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote: > In article <siegman-41BA48.09115413072010(a)sciid-srv02.med.tufts.edu>, > AES <siegman(a)stanford.edu> wrote: > >> And just for the record, I'm not trying to evade any such restrictions. >> But at the same time, I'm not fond of any such honor systems where a >> commercial vendor is attempting to get the benefits of various >> restrictions without actually being prepared to enforce them -- >> especially when the terms of this honor systems are unclear or >> imprecise. > > Would you rather they require you to enter a registration code, and then > have the OS "phone home" to validate the registration, or have you make a > telephone call if the computer is not connected to the intertubes? Can we say "Adobe"? |