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  3. November 2001

RE: Windows XP

I would check this out also, the text below was copied from
http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2001/0917xplicense.html

The big change Microsoft has made is that it will allow
OEM's to offer licenses that can be downgraded from XP to
Windows 2000. Previously, those licenses were only available
from Microsoft as part of volume licensing deals.

What that means is that IT executives can purchase new PCs,
which likely will come with XP, and install Windows 2000
Professional over XP and still have a valid license. When
the machine is ready for an operating system upgrade, XP can
be re-installed without having to buy a new license.

"It will be easy for businesses with Windows 2000
Professional, and even Windows 98, to justify licensing XP
because there is no reason they shouldn't if they get
downgrade rights."

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