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Let's complain about Microsoft restricting choice in the market (part deux)
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| Yoon Kit wrote about being forced to pay the Microsoft tax when buying
| computers from computer manufacturers (eg Dell). I submitted a complaint to
| the Ministry of Internal Trade and Consumer Affairs and received an official
| acknowledgment from the ministry that the Penang branch office will
| investigate the complaint.
|
| I strongly urge everybody who uses non-Microsoft operating systems on their
| computers bought from Dell or any other manufacturers to write in through the
| web interface and make an official complaint. Make your voices heard so that
| we can stop being forced to pay for software we don't use!
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http://www.openmalaysiablog.com/2008/09/lets-complain-a.html
Dell Mini 9....
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| I fully appreciate that Dell are releasing thier device on the website as
| a "publicity stunt" however the lack of Ubuntu on Release really show their
| commitment to the product, and if i were Canonical, id be wondering why dells
| business model can't accommodate an Ubuntu option on all thier hardware. ITs
| not like their Windows support is great. I've been calling that for over 8
| years and have to say its pretty abysmal level of support, with support reps
| unable to think outside the box. So why? is it an ageement with Redmond, who
| are desperately trying to claw back market share in the Netbook arena?
|
| As long as the money keeps rolling in, i guess every one is happy, however if
| your after quick delivery, and Linux, mayb take a look at an Acer..
|
| Recently Dell have announced that they will not stop selling XP, is this
| because Dell have agreed to give XP a head start on its new device?
|
| I guess i'll get the device eventually...
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http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/30217
Dell’s dresses Ubuntu in a Mini
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| We won’t mention the specs as you already might’ve guessed what’s on the
| inside, but for an OS it uses a custom Ubuntu.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/09/05/dailywibble-05-09-2008
Last month/week:
How to get a refund for Windows in Poland?
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| Reading the Slashdot article about Dave Mitchell from Great Britain, who got
| a 47 pounds refund from Dell for returning his copy of Windows was an
| inspiration for me to check, if it is possible in Poland, too. This is my
| success story.
|
| I am a 3rd year’s student of Information Technologies at the University of
| Lodz. In September 2007 I’ve purchased the Lenovo ThinkPad R61i laptop
| from “Poltronics” company in Lodz, for 3355 PLN. From the very beginning I’ve
| been informing the seller, that I won’t be using Windows, because it is Linux
| I work on. In return, I was told, that they cannot sell me the laptop without
| the Windows OS pre-installed. At that point in time, Lenovo didn’t offer the
| ThinkPads with Linux, as they are now (with SLED) on the (more expensive)
| ThinkPads T-series.
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http://polishlinux.org/linux/how-to-get-a-refund-for-windows-in-poland/
AbcLinuxu.cz Reimbursed User for MS Windows License from Lenovo ČR
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| The biggest Czech Linux portal, AbcLinuxu.cz, along with its operator, the
| Stickfish company, reimbursed a user for a MS Windows Vista Business OEM
| license in Lenovo ČR's stead. The paid amount is the same the manufacturer
| offered for returning the license in accordance with the EULA of the Windows
| Vista Business OEM software that was supplied with the Lenovo laptop.
| However, Lenovo ČR required a non-disclosure agreement to be signed that
| would cover the entire negotiations with the company and its results for the
| compensation to be effected.
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http://www.abclinuxu.cz/clanky/pr/abclinuxu.cz-vyplatil-nahradu-za-licenci-ms-windows-misto-lenovo-cr?page=1
Ubuntu Preinstalled in Poland
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| Today I saw this laptop in a computer store in Krakow Poland. Notice anything
| different about it? Yes, it’s got Ubuntu preinstalled on it. I’ve read about
| many companies doing this but it is the first time I’ve seen it in a shop
| here. I managed to snap this photo on my camera phone so sorry about the
| quality!
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http://hughs-space.com/2008/08/30/ubuntu-preinstalled-in-poland/
Related:
Microfraud?
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| THE ALLEGATIONS WERE shocking: For years, Microsoft has systematically
| distorted its profit figures in an effort to consistently beat Wall Street
| expectations and keep its stock price steadily rising. The false reports
| would violate SEC regulations, and amount to outright fraud.
|
| More shocking was the source of the allegations: Microsoft's chief of
| internal audits, Charlie Pancerzewski, who reported directly to the company's
| chief financial officer.
|
| Most shocking of all was what happened to Pancerzewski when he reported the
| suspicious bookkeeping to his supervisors, Microsoft CFO Mike Brown and chief
| operating officer Bob Herbold, in the spring of 1995. Soon afterward,
| Pancerzewski—who for nearly five years had received stellar performance
| evaluations—received his first-ever unsatisfactory one, and was eventually
| forced to resign.
|
| Two months ago, Microsoft quietly settled a lawsuit containing these
| allegations, filed in 1997 by Pancerzewski under the Whistleblowers
| Protection Act. The auditor claimed he was wrongfully terminated after
| telling his supervisors that Microsoft might be breaking securities and tax
| laws. The lawsuit made its tortuous way through several rounds of pretrial
| motions until last fall, when US District Judge Carolyn Dimmick denied
| Microsoft's final plea for summary judgment, finding credible evidence that
| Microsoft may have violated SEC rules, as Pancerzewski alleged. Shortly
| thereafter, Microsoft and Pancerzewski settled out of court. Terms of the
| agreement were sealed, but one source who claims familiarity with the case
| says that Microsoft paid Pancerzewski $4 million.
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http://web.archive.org/web/20070308032343rn_2/www.seattleweekly.com/1999-01-06/news/microfraud.php
Feeling the heat at Microsoft
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| If I ask you who is Microsoft's biggest competitor now, who would it be?
|
| Ballmer: Open...Linux. I don't want to say open source. Linux, certainly have
| to go with that.
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http://www.news.com/Feeling-the-heat-at-Microsoft/2008-1012_3-6232458.html?tag=ne.fd.mnbc
Did Microsoft want to 'whack' Dell over its Linux dealings?
http://news.com.com/Did+Microsoft+want+to+whack+Dell+over+its+Linux+dealings/2100-1014_3-6153904.html
Dell's secret Linux fling
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/09/dell_linux_china/
Microsoft 'killed Dell Linux' - States
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/03/19/microsoft_killed_dell_linux_states/
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| From: Joachim Kempin
| Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 1996 9:43 AM
| To: Bill Gates; Pete Higgings (Xenix); Nathan Myhrvold; Brad Silberberg
| (Xenix); John Ludwig; Russel Siegeirman (Xenix); Steve Ballmer;
| paulma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| Subject: RE: AOL
|
| are you suggesting we should put them in our box? May be all of them?
| Not a bad idea - but the OEMs might not be too hapy about it. They are
| loosing their $$?
| P they are not in compliance. Compaq
| truely pisses me off.
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http://edge-op.org/iowa/www.iowaconsumercase.org/122106/PLEX0_2455.pdf
Microsoft Shuts Down Linux 10 Years Ago Says Iowa Attorne
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| Going back now to as early as 1998, Microsoft starts to realize that
| Linux might pose a possible threat, and Vinod Valloppillil, who is
| a program manager at Microsoft, is asked by Mr. Allchin, Jim Allchin,
| to analyze potential strategies for combatting open-source software,
| and specifically Linux.
| His memos are leaked to the press in April -- I beg your pardon --
| in October of 1998 and become known as the Halloween documents.
| And the evidence will be that Microsoft uses its influence in the
| OEM channel, the computer manufacture channel, to make sure that
| end users have a difficult time buying PCs with Linux preinstalled.
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http://www.linuxelectrons.com/News/RoundUp/Microsoft_Shuts_Down_Linux_10_Years_Ago_Says_Iowa_Attorney
Microsoft's Dirty OEM-Secret
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| They are, in short the secret to Microsoft's success. And the word
| secret is to be taken quite literally: No OEM may talk about the
| contents of his contract, or he will lose his license, and (assumption)
| likely be sued for breach of contract as well.
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http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2001/10/23/13219/110
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