begin oe_protect.scr
Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> __/ [ B Gruff ] on Friday 01 September 2006 23:45 \__
>
>> On Friday 01 September 2006 23:18 B Gruff wrote:
>>
>>> To be more accurate (and I assume it was the XP Home), and if I am reading
>>> things correctly, the French Court has just awarded 100 Euro to a guy who
>>> was "forced" to have MS pre-installed on his laptop, and didn't want it.
>>>
>>> AFAIK, this is the first such ruling by the French courts.
>>> All the same, if this is correct, and can be used as a precedent......
>>>
>>> Can anybody here offer a good translation?
>>> With *my* "competence" in French, it could just as likely say that they
>>> stripped him of his assets for challenging the principle, and that he's
>>> going to do 100 years hard labour in the French colonies!
>>>
>>>
>>
> http://aramis.obspm.fr/~coulais/LogicielsLibres/Detaxe/JugementCRESP-ASUS_06.07.06.pdf
>>
>> Still scratching my head, but now reading it as:-
>>
>> XP
>> 100 Euro refund
>> 250 Euro in "pove-able" expenses?
>
> If true, this is excellent news:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/nucvr
> http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/browse_frm/thread/b7fc5989869233c2/e9074d52774cb88b#e9074d52774cb88b
>
> It will also give a a stronger push for OEM's to give up on Windows
> altogether, offering choice instead. Microsoft's scare tactics will no
> longer have an effect although, for vanity purposes, they would prefer bland
> laptops rather than preinstallation of Linux. They try to keep Linux out of
> sight, e.g. in the showroom.
>
It will come down to the economics in the end; if there's a risk of
being fined more than they're making from MS, then they won't insist on
pre-installs. Of course, according to Tim Smith, you should get your
economics data from comp-sci journals... :-)
--
| Mark Kent -- mark at ellandroad dot demon dot co dot uk |
Vail's Second Axiom:
The amount of work to be done increases in proportion to the
amount of work already completed.
|
|
