On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 10:23, Tim <ignored_mail...@yahoo.com.au> wrote: > Seriously, how long do you want to spend on phone calls and letter > writing, to get back a measly $30 or so? I'm not, particularly, a "time > is money" person. But it'd be a tedious and stressful thing to go > through.
It is a matter of principle. $30 might not be much for you, but multiply it by a few hundred thousand consumers and suddenly it´s real money. Also, it sends a precendent to the PC builder that indeed some customers might not want a Windows OS preloaded, and paves the way to more "white box" or alternative-OS offerings in the future. Not to mention the antitrust angle if the manufacturer refuses to do so. FC -- "The purpose of computing is insight, not numbers." Richard Hamming - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamming_code -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
