Re: Read the EULA, folks

Subject: Re: Read the EULA, folks
From: voxwoman <voxwoman -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: Dan Goldstein <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 11:31:44 -0500

I believe the laptop in the photo accompanying the article is a Mac.

On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 9:15 AM, Dan Goldstein <
DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com> wrote:

> In order to avoid Vista, some users will buy a PC with no OS installed,
> and then install a licensed copy of Windows XP or any other OS.
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> A Linux fan from Haifa took this concept a step further. He knowingly
> bought a system with Vista installed, and then successfully sued Dell
> for a refund for the *unused* OS, based on the language in Microsoft's
> EULA. See:
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> http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3632861,00.html
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> As a side note: The Dell customer is described in the original Hebrew
> article as an "open code activist." For some reason, this phrase
> disappeared in the English translation.
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