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[News] The War Against Preinstalled Windows Continues in Europe (and It's Being Won)

  • Subject: [News] The War Against Preinstalled Windows Continues in Europe (and It's Being Won)
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2007 13:20:36 +0000
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
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Italian Judge Tells HP To Refund Pre-Installed XP

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| The court ruled in favor of the user (Google translation from the Italian), 
| who received back €90 for XP and €50 for Works. 
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http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/27/1952257&from=rss

It's the start of a beautiful trend. Choice.


Recent: 

Man wins damages from Acer over Windows refund 

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| Initially, Acer had offered only €30 if the man returned elements of the 
| install at his own expense.
|
| [..]
|
| According to this web site, not only did Antoine Gutzwiller get a
| full refund on a list of the software bundled his machine, but got
| €500 extra for what the court dubbed Abusive Resistance.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=42546


Dutch Consumer Association declares war on Vista

http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2007/10/13/dutch_consumer_association_declares_war/


Related:

Unbundling Microsoft Windows

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| Computers in the European Union should be sold without a bundled operating 
| system, according to this submission to the European Commission. It says that 
| the bundling of Microsoft Windows with computers is not in the public 
| interest, and prevents meaningful competition in the operating system market.   
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http://www.globalisation.eu/briefings/competition-policy/unbundling-microsoft-windows-200709231241/


Free-market think tank urges EU to unbundle Windows

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| The Globalisation Institute, a European think-tank run by free market 
| advocates, today went on the offensive against Microsoft, calling on the EU 
| to require all PCs to be sold without operating systems.  
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http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2007/09/24/globalisation_institute_windows_bundling/


Are 'naked PCs' good for businesses?

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| Three-quarters of silicon.com's 12-strong CIO Jury IT director panel have now 
| backed that call for naked PCs, although the argument is far from 
| straightforward.  
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http://news.zdnet.com/2424-9595_22-167353.html


Why the Unbundling Windows Sceptics are Wrong

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| Microsoft has introduced a number of measures in recent versions of Windows 
| which are designed to stop piracy of Windows. In effect, they have provided 
| their own answer to this question.  
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http://www.cybersource.com.au/users/conz/why_the_unbundling_windows_sceptics_are_wrong.html


French consumer group attacks PC software bundling

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| UFC-Que Choisir legal officer Sandra Wouhling said current
| practice effectively forced ordinary consumers to buy computers
| using Microsoft operating systems whereas companies anda
| dministrations were offered a real choice.
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http://yahoo.reuters.com/news/articlehybrid.aspx?storyID=urn:newsml:reuters.com:20061214:MTFH94365_2006-12-14_14-49-22_L14537403&type=comktNews&rpc=44
http://tinyurl.com/yf7kfu


Jury Hears Microsoft Competition Suit

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| A judge on Friday told jurors they must accept as fact that a
| federal court found in 1999 that Microsoft holds a monopoly over
| computer operating systems and that it restricted computer
| manufacturers' ability to use competing systems.
| 
| [...]
| 
| She said she'll show that the company used its monopoly power
| to exclude competition and control prices and that it conspired with
| other companies to restrain trade, maintaining what she called a
| chokehold on software competitors and computer manufacturers.
| 
| "It isn't illegal to be successful," Conlin said in opening
| remarks. "We applaud that. ... But you can't freeze out competitors
| and punish and retaliate against people who cooperate with
| competitors. Microsoft did all that and more."
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/061201/microsoft_trial.html?.v=1

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