From owner-freebsd-advocacy Thu Jan 21 07:12:59 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA13831 for freebsd-advocacy-outgoing; Thu, 21 Jan 1999 07:12:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from stcgate.statcan.ca (stcgate.statcan.ca [142.206.192.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA13826 for ; Thu, 21 Jan 1999 07:12:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Mike.Jeays@statcan.ca) Received: from stcinet (stcinet.statcan.ca [142.206.128.146]) by stcgate.statcan.ca (8.9.1/8.6.9) with SMTP id KAA06014; Thu, 21 Jan 1999 10:19:19 -0500 (EST) Received: from statcan.ca by statcan.ca (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id KAA20537; Thu, 21 Jan 1999 10:12:45 -0500; sender Mike.Jeays@a.statcan.ca Received: from bora2.statcan.ca (bora2.statcan.ca [142.206.248.251]) by smtpshb.statcan.ca (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id LAA18402; Thu, 21 Jan 1999 11:15:30 -0500 Received: from smtpsha.iusd.statcan.ca by bora2.statcan.ca (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id EAA29967; Thu, 21 Jan 1999 04:25:28 -0500 ; sender Mike.Jeays@a.statcan.ca Received: from smtpsha.iusd.statcan.ca (smtpsha.iusd.statcan.ca [142.205.132.248]) by smtpsha.iusd.statcan.ca (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id KAA26006; Thu, 21 Jan 1999 10:07:52 -0500 Received: from imap1a.statcan.ca (imap1a.statcan.ca [142.205.234.34]) by smtpsha.iusd.statcan.ca (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id KAA25999; Thu, 21 Jan 1999 10:07:44 -0500 X-Internal-ID: 36A68657000007B5 Received: from a.statcan.ca (142.205.169.91) by imap1a.statcan.ca (NPlex 2.0.112); Thu, 21 Jan 1999 09:04:49 -0500 Message-ID: <36A73498.E467FBA5@a.statcan.ca> Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1999 09:07:20 -0500 From: Mike Jeays Organization: Statistics Canada/Statistique Canada X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.07 [en] (WinNT; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Peter Brevik CC: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: M$ refund.. References: <199901211255.NAA26361@father.ludd.luth.se> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In many cases, the computer manufacturer has made a deal with Microsoft that says they can re-sell MS software with machines at a very favourable price, but that they MUST provide it with ALL the machines they sell. Thus they are breaking their agreement if they sell machines without. The alternative is to go to small clone-makers, who often provide excellent service and assemble reliable machines to order - with or without MS products. One enterprising individual in Australia actually managed to get his money back! See below for more details. Australian Linux user gets Windows Refund Australian Linux user gets Windows Refund Posted by sengan on Monday January 18, @03:38PM from the that-EULA-can-be-useful dept. freejack writes "Here's an incredible story of how one Linux user got his money back for the Windows pre-installed on the laptop he bought. He used the fact the Microsoft Software License Agreement allows you to return the software if you do not agree to its terms." http://slashdot.org/articles/99/01/18/1539214.shtml and, the how-to-do-it kit is at: http://www.netcraft.com.au/geoffrey/toshiba.html Peter Brevik wrote: > > About getting refund on M$ os bundling. > > As I understood when you buy from US, M$ os get supplied, and you have to pay > for it.. however, I have always bought my computer in parts in Sweden. > And no one ever forced me to buy M$ os with it. Is this not an option in US ? > > /Peter > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message