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Re: [LUG] Sue Microsoft!!

 

Quoting Tom Potts <tompotts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

>>
> BA and Virgin are being sued for the overcharging.
> The same can apply to M$ - they have abused their monopoly so I want some of
> the extra money I had to spend on their product back. I want money back that
> I had to pay out to them for a PC when I didn't want their product on it. I
> want money back for the several billion tax payers money too much thats been
> spent on government IT projects.
> etc etc
> Tom te tom te tom
>> Mark
>

I bet there's a fair few users who want their money back.  For  
instance companies who buy a bulk load of PCs from the likes of Dell  
which have an licence installed and then replace it with a software  
assurance copy of the software.

I was trying to think what I could ask for a refund for but I haven't  
actually bought anything recently that has M$ software pre-installed  
that I don't use.  There is my other half's laptop which has XP Home  
but she refuses blankly to move over to Linux, and I refuse blankly to  
install anything other than Linux on her desktop (I aint paying £50  
for Vista, I wouldn't even install a free copy!).

I think the only PC I have now with an M$ licence attached is an old  
IBM Aptiva P2-266 which has Windows 95.  Hey, thats an idea, I wonder  
if I can get a refund for the Windows 95?

Rob




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