Le 16.05.2008 17:36,, le perspicace alan c s'exprimait en ces termes: > [...] > > Obviously the deals seem to be with the windows stuff and they are not > being carried to the ubuntu section. I am surprised there is > such a difference, and it unfortunately means I will not be deciding > to buy from dell, it would be crazy. > > [...]
Hi all ! For your information, Dell has the same crazy/mean/surprising price politic in France. that's very disappointing of them :-( In France, selling some service bundled with hardware is against the law if you can't buy one without the other. But since win95 dealers have been selling computers with Windows pre-installed and none has moved against that. "Now" that several alternatives do exist, some people and more and more of them try hard to get refunded of the MS-tax, arguing that it is prohibited by our laws and is even written in the French version of the Windows End User license Agreement. Recently, 3 different cases went in front of the judges for trial. Two cases for Asus France and one for Acer France. In each case, the Taiwanese companies proposed to be sent back the laptop for them to reformat and they will send it back to their owner with some 20€ for the MS Win License. So they went for trial, the quick-kind of trial where they defended themselves. All 3 won and get at least 200€ back, for MS-tax, for other software tax (Norton, WinDVD and things like that). A couple of weeks ago, a big consumer-organization was in court against a big reseller. The judgment is expected soon. This organization has also filled HP for same reason : selling computer without the possibility for the customer to buy it without buying unwanted software. For those of you who can read French here are some interesting links on the subject : An association of citizens who compile info and tips to follow to get refund : http://www.racketiciel.info/guide/index A tiny-link to the consumer organization : http://preview.tinyurl.com/5js4gx -- SunWukong GPG Key available : 0xF4DD0AD2 on keyserver.ubuntu.com
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