[plug] A "plain english" breakdown of the MS XP EULA

[Mike Holland]

Jim Householder wrote:

> Seems to me that the 5 device limitation of paragraph 1.3 Device 
> Connections means that the end-user cannot legally connect to any 
> network with more than 5 devices on it.  Including the Internet...

The EULA compression algorithm is not entirely lossless. How about:

"You may use XP Home as a server, but are restricted to five clients
for the following services: ...  And no cheating with NAT or proxies."

Its all about market segmentation. Sell a home version cheap, but
cripple it just enough that real businesses will buy the more expensive
version.

Does MS enforce the 5-client limit in any of their services on XP Home?
Somehow I doubt it.