Read the EULA, folks

Subject: Read the EULA, folks
From: "Dan Goldstein" <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com>
To: <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 09:15:48 -0500

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.

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:

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3632861,00.html

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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