Christoph Bugel wrote on 2003-06-22: > Unfortunately it seems to be impossible to buy a brand-name > laptop that doesn't come with windows. This means that I am > being forced, more or less, to pay a sum of money to > microsoft. > Nasty :-(.
> I know that at least one person succeeded in getting his money > back, from toshiba: > http://www.netcraft.com.au/geoffrey/toshiba.html > > Personally I do not understand the law issues, so I don't know > how good a case I have if I would mail the retailer / > manufacturer, and tell them that I am entitled to a refund, > according to the microsoft EULA license agreement. Perhaps you should ask them *before* you buy, telling them that if they don't agree to that you will look for other retailers / manufacturers. That would pressure them more than if you pay first. > Does anyone have an opinion on this matter? Also, could it be that > this situation is illegal, and that a court of law in Israel could > *require* the retailers/manufacturers to let the customers buy a > machine without an OS? > That would be nice but I doubt it. After all, the manufacturer has the right to sell whatever bundle of products it wants to you. What is more probably illegal is M$'s pressure on the manufacturer to do so. So you should not sue the manufacturer but M$. IANAL. -- Beni Cherniavsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> If I don't hack on it, who will? And if I don't GPL it, what am I? And why not now? ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
