Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> 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 .
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> http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=42546
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> Excellent. This might be the first successful case (and precedent).
>
The more frequently this happens, the more this will highlight the
monopoly Microsoft still retains on OEM machines, and equally, the risks
to the OEMs of not offering multi-boot or non-Windows machines to the
customers (those would be the people who actually pay the bills).
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