____/ High Plains Thumper on Sunday 27 January 2008 06:10 : \____
> ml2mst wrote:
>
> <SNIP>
>
>> Since she had planned installing GNU/Linux all along, and she
>> is not particularly fond of the though of paying the Microsoft
>> tax for software she will wipe out right away, we took care to
>> read the EULA that is shown the first time the machine. The
>> license said that if the EULA is declined, the customer should
>> contact the manufacturer (or installer) about their refund
>> policy. By the way, the EULA box seems to have been engineered
>> to let people accept the EULA as quickly as possible: <SNIP>
>
>>
http://blog.danieldk.org/post/2008/01/26/Dell-refunds-Vista-and-Works-license-fee
>
> I found this a good thing when she insisted on a refund:
>
> [quote] In the next reply a Dell representative answered that she
> was indeed eligible for a refund for both Windows Vista and
> Works. The combined refund is Euro 70 excluding tax. [/quote]
>
> EUR 70 is USD 103 or GBP 52. That is a hefty tax even if OEM.
> Open Office is a much better product than Microsoft Works, so it
> is a big gain with no losses.
It also shows why Microsoft is not a good financial state (it's bluffing).
Because of Linux, Windows is sold relatively cheaply to OEMs. The big cash cow
is Office, which faces threat from ODF and the Web.
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