Correct. Any purchase of the software only is illegal.
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After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, Sport asked:
| So, does this mean that you can not legally buy this product from
| such places as,
www.buysoftware.ws?
|
| Sport
|
| "Don MI <>" wrote:
|
||
|| ||| What is Microsoft Office 2003 Basic OEM and can I use it
||| with XP? It seems cheaper than the full version, and all
||| we need is Word and Excel. Thanks!
||
|| The following link compares various editions of Office 2003:
||
||
http://www.microsoft.com/office/editions/howtobuy/compare.mspx
||
|| Office 2003 is compatible with Windows XP {Home or Professional}.
||
|| Office OEM editions are not available retail. OEM editions are only
|| legally available from Original Equipment Manufactures. OEM editions
|| are tied to computer in which first installed and cannot be move to
|| another computer. Support for OEM editions is not available from
|| Microsoft except for updates on the Office update site.
||
|| Don
