这是非常不寻常的。微软刚刚报道称，它正在对英国两大高科技零售商之一Comet采取法律行动，指控其“**和销售了94000多套假冒的Windows Vista和Windows XP复原CD”。据称这些CD随后被卖给了购买笔记本电脑和装有Windows的个人电脑的客户。投诉确认了汉普郡的一家工厂，据说Comet在将未经授权的复原光盘**给其客户之前曾在该工厂生产过这些光盘。

更新：Comet对微软的诉讼做出了如下回应：

"We note that proceedings have been issued by Microsoft Corporation against Comet relating to the creation of recovery discs by Comet on behalf of its customers. "Comet has sought and received legal advice from leading counsel to support its view that the production of recovery discs did not infringe Microsoft’s intellectual property. "Comet firmly believes that it acted in the very best interests of its customers. It believes its customers had been adversely affected by the decision to stop supplying recovery discs with each new Microsoft Operating System based computer. Accordingly Comet is satisfied that it has a good defence to the claim and will defend its position vigorously."

因此，两家公司都声称其行为符合其客户的正当利益。微软肯定对Comet在不支付许可费的情况下生产恢复光盘感到不满，而Comet则认为，向PC买家提供光盘操作系统是正确的做法。Comet的回应也确实让人觉得该公司是出于对客户的礼貌才推出了Windows拷贝，而不是试图将其作为零售软件**。在这种情况下，Comet说它并没有真正销售Windows复原光盘，而是将它们捆绑在一起，这是正确的，但微软说Comet销售的软件包包含未经授权的Windows副本，这也是正确的。

全部细节仍不清楚，Comet对我们后续信息的回应也不是决定性的：

"The discs were sold alongside new PCs. Each set of recovery discs were specific to the customer’s new laptop and were sent after purchase directly to each customer."