[CLUE-Tech] HP laptop

[Ed Hill]

On Wed, 2002-01-16 at 12:42, Kevin Cullis wrote:
> The sad part is that I called IBM about a laptop a while back and
> computers with Windows2K and above you CAN NOT get a refund on the OS
> like you could with NT/98/etc, so you're out of luck getting a money to
> buy Linux products. The key issue is that we're getting to the point
> that we'll have to "build our own" in order NOT to get a Windows OS.
> Talk about a subscription model .....


Yes, its awful.  My new Thinkpad had the same terms.  Its a clear abuse
of monopoly power.

So if you want to do something *constructive* about this increasingly
rotten situation, please read:

  http://www.kegel.com/remedy/

and then write your own letter to Renata B. Hesse which will then be
published in the Federal Register.  This is one of the best ways that we
can end these practices.

And please feel free to borrow from my letter:

  http://www.eh3.com/fed_reg_letter.pdf
  http://www.eh3.com/fed_reg_letter.tex

if you want.

Ed


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