Is discount OEM software legal? You know, the stuff from Russia and eastern europe?
We are getting ready to build about 30 new machines for our company and will need operating systems. My boss, wanting to save money, asked about buying the software from one of those places you get email spam from. Todays email was a company that claims legal OEM versions at a 1/10th of the price of retail.
Personally, I have bought a copy of Quicken through a discount house out of Czechoslovakia – and it worked out fine. It was a real disk with real CD Key. I registered it and have had no problems. I’m still unsure though of it’s legallity.
And the place my boss is looking at doesn’t even look that good. You have to download it and are provided a CD key through email.
I just feel like this is wrong for some reason. But not quite sure.
Any ideas or advice?