__/ [ B Gruff ] on Thursday 14 December 2006 23:30 \__
> On Thursday 14 December 2006 23:14 Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> French consumer group attacks PC software bundling
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>> | UFC-Que Choisir legal officer Sandra Wouhling said current
>> | practice effectively forced ordinary consumers to buy computers
>> | using Microsoft operating systems whereas companies anda
>> | dministrations were offered a real choice.
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http://yahoo.reuters.com/news/articlehybrid.aspx?storyID=urn:newsml:reuters.com:20061214:MTFH94365_2006-12-14_14-49-22_L14537403&type=comktNews&rpc=44
>> http://tinyurl.com/yf7kfu
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> That's excellent news.
It is. Just one among many which I wish I could assign a number to (in order
to indicate importance). Have you seen the Ecuador one?
> I note that it could take 12-18 months to actually come to court.
> In fact, that might be A Good Thing, in that there's going to be a long
> spell of publicity and education of public-awareness here....:-)
Clearly, the French are fed up. I'm happy to see them taking action. This
will set precedence. Remember the jouranalist (David Ferguson, IIRC) who
came here to complain about monoculture in laptops? Heater addressed Belguim
with a letter and created a stir in the mainstream media. I suspect that
Dell's new Open Source laptop is the outcome of thatrit who got his O/S tax
refund and put Dell in a dangerous situation which had class action-scale
action taken against them... now Acer face some similar pressure...
I've installed Linux, now give me my Windows refund
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| Unfortunately, due to unfair licensing practices, Windows comes
| with most computers that are purchased and most people have to payf
| or Windows whether they like it or not, even if they are looking for
| a naked machine, ie one without an operating system installed. As
| you may well know that finding a naked notebook is difficult and
| can be expensive. Because of this several complaints have been put
| to the European Union asking them to investigate. This has been
| reported in the press (see
| http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/276088_msfteu01.html). This,
| as you may have heard, is referred to as the 'Microsoft Tax'.
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http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=139627
Dell Refunds OS Cost For Those Adopting Linux
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| Open source technology fans in the San Francisco Bay Area are reportedly
| some of the first who began campaigning to get refunds for Microsoft
| Windows software they did not plan on using.
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http://www.dailytech.com/Article.aspx?newsid=4990
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