<html><head></head><body><div dir="auto">Why are you asking for windows license keys on a LINUX mailing list? <br><br>Go to the ale list archive and look for posts from the person you are being antagonist towards and verify if your concern is valid. <br><br><<a href="https://www.tomshardware.com/news/windows-10-microsoft-ends-license-sales">https://www.tomshardware.com/news/windows-10-microsoft-ends-license-sales</a>></div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="auto">On May 6, 2025 9:44:34 PM EDT, "Russell L. Carter via Ale" <ale@ale.org> wrote:</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<pre class="k9mail"><div dir="auto">Yeah, this is a problem. I'm using my Real Name here, and I've never<br>sold anything on any lists. But there is the small detail that I helped<br>bring open source into NASA, and then Sandia National Lab.<br><br>So...<br><br>I note here for the record on this list that you are not defending this<br>stupid behavior; you are simply defending his known to you character.<br><br>Ok, fine.<br><br>Should I repeat myself? I would be appreciative of this thing called<br>'text' was the protocol used as an answer to:<br><br>I want to have a valid Windows 10 Pro installation on top<br>of QEMU. I got the image. Does anyone have any idea<br>how to buy a valid product key? A long time on the<br>M$ site, including finally giving up my phone number,<br>failed. Can't buy a Windows 10 Pro Product Key<br><br>I bought one off Amazon about 5 years ago and MS<br>eventually called me a license violator or somesuch,<br>every single time. Never violated the license so<br>the key vendor was probably grey.<br><br>What does one do, these days? I have a small office<br>device with W10 on it and it works, I guess keep<br>buying them?<br><br>In olden tymes, I just ran a virtual machine and put<br>in a valid Winsucks key on many versions of FreeBSDand Linux.<br><br>I'm flummoxed.<br><br>Russell L. Carter<br><br>FreeBSD since 1996. Linux since 1996. Yeah, we actually<br>build some shit, motherfuckers.<br><br>On 5/6/25 9:27 PM, Allen Beddingfield via Ale wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #729fcf; padding-left: 1ex;"><div dir="auto">Chuck is definitely a real person, and not a scammer. Have met him in person - can verify that he is real, and knowledgeable.<br>Allen B.<br><br>Allen Beddingfield<br>Systems Engineer<br>Office of Information Technology<br>The University of Alabama<br>Office 205-239-1657<br>allen@ua.edu<br><br>On May 6, 2025 8:11 PM, "Russell L. Carter via Ale" <ale@ale.org> wrote:<br>Precisely why would I care about "short links", and why would looking<br>for Microfucks Windows 10 Pro Product Keys be distributed this way?<br><br>And why do I have to CC the list to get your response in there?<br><br>You're a scammer. Just fes up.<br><br>All the best,<br>Russell<br><br>On 5/6/25 9:03 PM, Chuck Payne wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #ad7fa8; padding-left: 1ex;"><div dir="auto">Look up ETA Prime on Youtube, where I copy the URL, they were supposed to be short links.<br><br>On Tue, May 6, 2025 at 8:54 PM Russell L. Carter <rcarter@pinyon.org <<a href="mailto:rcarter@pinyon.org">mailto:rcarter@pinyon.org</a> <<a href="mailto:rcarter@pinyon.org">mailto:rcarter@pinyon.org</a>>>> wrote:<br><br> Dear all,<br><br> Can someone explain to me why this immediate response to my<br> message is NOT a scam?<br><br> See what I mean? It looks AI generated.<br><br> Russell<br><br> On 5/6/25 8:49 PM, Chuck Payne wrote:<br> ><br> ><br> > On Tue, May 6, 2025 at 8:48 PM Russell L. Carter via Ale<br> <ale@ale.org <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org">mailto:ale@ale.org</a> <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org">mailto:ale@ale.org</a>>><br> > <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org">mailto:ale@ale.org</a> <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org">mailto:ale@ale.org</a> <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org">mailto:ale@ale.org</a>>>>> wrote:<br> ><br> > Hi all,<br> ><br> > I want to have a valid Windows 10 Pro installation on top<br> > of QEMU. I got the image. Does anyone have any idea<br> > how to buy a valid product key? A long time on the<br> > M$ site, including finally giving up my phone number,<br> > failed. Can't buy a Windows 10 Pro Product Key.<br> ><br> > I bought one off Amazon about 5 years ago and MS<br> > eventually called me a license violator or somesuch,<br> > every single time. Never violated the license so<br> > the key vendor was probably grey.<br> ><br> > What does one do, these days? 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Enjoy it! Share it! openSUSE Linux.<br> > -----------------------------------------<br> > openSUSE -- Terrorpup<br> > openSUSE Advocate/openSUSE Member<br> > x/mastodon.social -- @terrorpup<br> > dicord -- terrorpup#3550<br> > bluesky -- @terrorpup967.bsky.social<br> > uglyscale.press<br> > Register Linux Userid: 155363<br> ><br> > openSUSE Community Member since 2008.<br><br><br><br><div class="k9mail-signature">-- <br>Terror PUP a.k.a<br>Chuck "PUP" Payne<hr>Discover it! Enjoy it! Share it! openSUSE Linux.<hr>openSUSE -- Terrorpup<br>openSUSE Advocate/openSUSE Member<br>x/mastodon.social -- @terrorpup<br>dicord -- terrorpup#3550<br>bluesky -- @terrorpup967.bsky.social<br>uglyscale.press<br>Register Linux Userid: 155363<br><br>openSUSE Community Member since 2008.<br></div></div></blockquote><div dir="auto"><hr>Ale mailing list<br>Ale@ale.org<br><a href="https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale">https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale</a> <<a href="https://mail.ale.org/mailman/">https://mail.ale.org/mailman/</a> listinfo/ale><br>See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at<br><a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo</a> <<a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo</a>><hr>Ale mailing list<br>Ale@ale.org<br><a href="https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale">https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale</a><br>See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at<br><a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo</a><br></div></blockquote><div dir="auto"><hr>Ale mailing list<br>Ale@ale.org<br><a href="https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale">https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale</a><br>See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at<br><a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo</a><br></div></pre></blockquote></div></body></html>