Mandriva signs the AFUL petition "Non aux racketiciels" against tied sales
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| Mandriva offers choice to consumers. Today, in countries like Brazil,
| Argentina or Poland where users have the ability to choose the
| operating system installed with their computer, PC manufacturers sell
| tens of thousands of units every month with Mandriva Linux
| pre-installed.
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http://www.linuxlookup.com/2007/jun/12/mandriva_signs_the_aful_petition_non_aux_racketiciels_against_tied_sales
It's not just Dell. Microsoft's 'chokehold' on the market is being lost
everywhere.
Related:
French consumer protectionists are demanding PCs without preinstalled
software
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| The consumer protectionists of the French organization UFC-Que Choisir
| are demanding of the IT group Hewlett-Packard and the vendors Auchan
| and Darty that they offer PCs without preinstalled software.
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| [...]
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| UFC-Que Choisir last year also took action against Sony and Apple,
| taking the two companies to court for allegedly putting their
| customers at a disadvantage through proprietary DRM technologies
| and curtailing their choice of devices.
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http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/82605/from/rss09
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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