Microsoft Windows Xp

[Amethyst]

Dear All,

I have seen most of the Internet cafe here in Bangkok are using the Xp home or Pro in their internet cafe....

They Paste a photocopy of the Microsoft Certificate of Authentecy on top of their CPU...Is this a Licence Copy ??? By setting up an internet cafe do they have to buy the original XP PAkage for every CPU ?? or only 1 pakage bought and could be shared with all other 20 computers???

What is the LAw in Thailand about this Set up?where can i get more information ???

any site???

Tnank You

Tytus

[Amethyst]

helooo any1 there to help me on this topic ????

[britmaveric]

I'd dare say the owners of Inet Cafe would provide licenses for all computers, however whether they are legal or not could be another story.

Edited February 8, 2005 by britmaveric

[yeti]

I guess only internet cafes owner could answer this one.

So you could try to contact the Internet Cafe Club or the Commerce Ministry they are talking in this article:

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/page.arcvi...61550&usrsess=1

Sorry can not help more...

[waldwolf]

.....They Paste a photocopy of the Microsoft Certificate of Authentecy on top of their CPU...Is this a Licence Copy ???

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It's hard to tell without having the exact wording of what the photocopy says. For the last year or two, most computers running Microsoft Windows, have a "Certificate of Authenticity" label afixed to the computer case. More info here:

.....By setting up an internet cafe do they have to buy the original XP PAkage for every CPU ?? or only 1 pakage bought and could be shared with all other 20 computers???

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They could purchase a seperate license for each computer, however it is normally less expensive to purchase a "multi-license" from the software vendor, for example a 10-20 station license. I suspect the cafe may have been checked by some "anti-piracy" organization, and the cafe owners posted a photocopy of their license(s), to avoid potential legal problems.

cheers

[chanchao]

I seriously doubt that most internet cafe;s would run legal licensed copies of Windows XP. Perhaps the top 1% of expensive trendy outfits around Silom and Sukhumvit, but anywhere else: No way! Those top 1% would perhaps also use brand name computers, that come with XP pre installed and would have that sticker on it. Like brand name HP's or IBMs.

99% If not more of internet cafes in the country use the cheapest generic clone boxes with zero licensed software. It's cheaper to pay the police something occasionally than pay Microsoft. :-) XP sells for MORE money here in Thailand than it does in the US.. So.... go figure.