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Slow And Steady Leads To Windows Refund Success

Posted by timothy on from the that'll-buy-a-whole-system-right-now dept.

linuxwrangler writes "By proceeding carefully, documenting everything, being persistent and keeping his cool, Steve Oualline was awarded a $199 refund for his unused copy of Microsoft Windows XP. See his Linux Journal howto for the details. Hopefully this is the first of many victories."

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  1. My question is this ... by jmays · · Score: 5, Insightful

    What percentage of people who intend to install Linux are going to jump through these hoops?

    1%?

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  2. Re:Is it worth it? by Ed+Avis · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Oh come on - you don't do it directly to cost Microsoft money, but to encourage OEMs and Microsoft to let PCs be available for purchase without the Microsoft tax. It's a matter of principle surely - if you don't want Windows, why pay for it?

    Anyone who does an analysis of monetary value (or cost) against time spent will not be reading Slashdot anyway...

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  3. Re:Refunds? by Chewie · · Score: 5, Insightful

    One word: Laptops.

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  4. Re:Mostly Redundant... by Quixote · · Score: 5, Insightful
    If he was a proficent enough computer user to be able to run Linux, he should just as easily been able to buy a white box system or built his own from scratch.

    Read the article: he bought a LAPTOP. It is awfully hard to buy an x86 laptop without a Microsoft OS on it.

  5. Re:Feh. by Xerithane · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's a safe bet that the averge small claims court judge doesn't know what Linux is.

    Uh, what? You just said, "Don't assume that's why I came to the conclusion I did." Then follow it up with a stereotype about people you know who work in law offices. Are you trying to say that there are more geeks as police officers than judges? Are you trying to say that they don't read the news?

    CNN has ran 779 stories on Linux. It is not some elite club, and most people know that Linux is an operating system. They may not know the details, but most people know that it's an operating system at least.

    You are assuming, based on stereotypes, that judges will not know what Linux is. No matter what you try to label it as, that is what you are doing.

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