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Surprises Inside Microsoft Vista's EULA
Scott Granneman, 2006-10-27

Scott Granneman takes a look at some big surprises in Microsoft's Vista EULA that limit what security professionals and others can do with the forthcoming operating system.

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Does noone remember that EULA's are not binding contracts anyway? Binding contracts cannot be altered by either party without consent of the other. Since the EULA specifically says that MS may change the EULA at any time, it is already void.

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