[H]omer wrote:
> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>> ChangeLog: Run Linux, lose warranty
>>
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>>> When she called Compaq -- the unit comes with a one-year warranty
>>> on the hardware -- they asked what operating system she was running.
>>> When she told them Linux, they said, "Sorry, we do not honor our
>>> hardware warranty when you run Linux." In order to get warranty
>>> service, she was told, she would have to remove Linux and
>>> reinstall the original OS.
>> `----
>>
>> http://enterprise.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/03/23/1430204&from=rss
>>
>> The crazy world we live in...
>
> Reminds me of the days when ignorant salespeople used to regularly
> parrot the line that selling computers without Windows was "illegal",
> when what they actually meant was that it would be a breach of their
> clandestine contract with Microsoft.
Is that anything like the "clandestine" $7000 seminar the FSF is hosting to
explain the "fine points" of the GPLv3?
http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2007/02/22/gpl_seminar/
Or how about the "clandestine" OSS and Linux organizations which establish
themselves as non-profits so they can play around with free software all day
at taxpayer expense?
How shady can OSS creeps get?
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