(InfoWorld) - License transfers aren"t the only thing the End User License Agreement (EULA) for Microsoft Corp."s Windows Vista OS limits. The license also puts restrictions on how benchmarks of certain components of the OS can be published, another issue that is raising eyebrows as Microsoft still has not clarified how changes will specifically affect users.
According to the Vista EULA, because the OS contains "one or more components" of the .Net Framework 3.0, users can conduct internal benchmarking of those components, but can"t disclose the results of those benchmarks — or measurements to compare rival products — unless they comply with conditions found at a Microsoft Web site
Several attempts to reach that Web site to see what those conditions are for benchmarking were unsuccessful on Tuesday, as the page for unknown reasons could not be displayed in Internet Explorer 7.
Several published reports and open-source proponents have raised concerns about [...]
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