Windows tax (Re: [ltp] T40 / Pentium M and Linux)

[Tod Harter]

Yep, and all of that is in flagrant violation of various court orders, but you 
have to spend 10,000 dollars on lawyers to get your $200 bucks back on the 
OS.

And there are STILL IBM people that don't understand why we refuse to buy 'OS 
Included' even if it means we can't get a Thinkpad. I value my rights.

On Saturday 29 March 2003 09:14 am, Rune Froysa wrote:
> Bob Toxen <bob@verysecurelinux.com> writes:
> > Has anyone (who uas refused the EULA) tried to get their license money
> > back from IBM (or MS) as the EULA promises that they can?
> >
> > What was the response?
>
> I tried contacting MS, the response was (translated from
> norwegian). "You have to take this up with IBM: This is an OEM
> version, and it is an agreement between you and IBM and not with
> Microsoft, thus we cannot give you any form of refund."
>
> The IBM response was that the machine is sold with OS, so to return the
> OS, I also have to return the machine.

-- 
Tod Harter
Giant Electronic Brain