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Amazon UK refunding Windows license fees
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| christian.einfeldt writes "Alan Lord, a FOSS computer consultant based in the
| UK, has announced that Amazon UK honored his request for a refund of the
| Microsoft license fee portion of the cost of a new Asus netbook PC that came
| with Microsoft Windows XP. Lord details the steps that he took to obtain a
| refund of 40.00 GBP for the cost of the EULA, complete with links to click to
| request a refund. Lord's refund comes 10 years after the initial flurry of
| activity surrounding EULA discounts, started by a blog post by Australian
| computer consultant Geoffrey Bennett which appeared on Slashdot on 18 January
| 1999. That Slashdot story led to mainstream press coverage, such as stories
| in CNN, the New York Times on-line, and the San Francisco Chronicle, to name
| just a few. The issue quieted down for a few years, but has started to gain
| some momentum again in recent years, with judges in France, Italy, and Israel
| awarding refunds. But if Lord's experience is any indication, getting a
| refund through Amazon might be as easy as filling out a few forms, at least
| in the UK, without any need to go to court."
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http://slashdot.org/submission/1043701/Amazon-UK-refunding-Windows-license-fees
Another new way to get Linux:
Always Up To Date
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| Introducing "Always Up To Date", our classification for Operating Systems
| that are ALWAYS updated on the day they ship from On-Disk.com, so you always
| receive the absolute latest we can provide. This freshness factor results in
| more secure, better performing installations where every disc is as fresh as
| a new release.
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http://on-disk.com/cms/index.php?wiki=Always_Up_To_Date
Recent:
Linux on Netbooks: The Smoking Gun
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| Is there no regulatory body that can get Microsoft's fat fanny off of Linux
| so it can get some air? Instead the DOJ are investigating *Google*? What
| Microsoft is reportedly doing is a pimple on the antitrust regulators' noses.
| We see it. Why can't you? Where are you? Please don't wait until Linux is
| totally crushed.
|
| Let us customers choose what we prefer from a fair and even playing field,
| please. I'd like to buy the products that are being squashed. A lot of us
| would like to. And we are not being allowed to get the products that we
| desire. I don't want Microsoft software. I'd like a choice. And I shouldn't
| have to buy a netbook with Microsoft on it and install Linux myself. I will,
| but I should not have to.
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http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20090619161307529
Related:
More evidence of Microsoft "tying up" the Asus EeePC
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| Then, one of the makers of Netbooks will release a fantastic product using
| the paid Ubuntu/Netbook Remix, which will make us all forget about the EeePC
| — or, maybe we’ll remember it as one of the makers which used GNU/Linux in
| order to launch a product, and then gave in to Microsoft’s pressure.
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| The real question is: will the next maker manage to resist Microsoft’s
| pressure? Or will everybody end up closely tied up with Microsoft?
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http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/more_evidence_microsoft_tying_up_the_asus_eeepc
EXCLUSIVE: ASUS Speaks on the EEE PC
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| TechTree: States like Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka promote the Linux
| operating system in its education and government sectors. Will ASUS roll out
| Linux alternatives for the new 904HD and 1000H models in India?
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| Benson Lin: Currently, we're closely tied up with Microsoft and the EEE PC
| with Windows XP would be available to the Indian market.
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http://www.techtree.com/India/News/EXCLUSIVE_ASUS_Speaks_on_the_EEE_PC/551-91486-581.html
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