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Californians Can Get Free MS-Settlement PCs
soliaus writes "Seeing as how Microsoft recently lost the anti-trust lawsuit in California, Lindows has taken charge and is offering people free Lindows-related goodies. Basically, Lindows files a claim on your behalf, they keep the money, and you can get a copy of Lindows; a Click-N-Run subscription; a free PC; or other Lindows goods. More information about filing a claim on your own can be found here." (Note that this only applies if you purchased a computer for use in California.) Other companies will probably come out with their own approach to trading settlement money for goods, too, so if Lindows isn't your choice, waiting is a good idea.
at best ignored, more likely spammed. You won't see penny one from Lindows because of $PSUEDO_LEGAL_MUMBO_JUMBO. But say, seeing as how you showed an interest, would you be interested in buying a copy of Lindows? How about your friends? How about your mother? How about...
If you were blocking sigs, you wouldn't have to read this.
Up late, first poster??
This isn't exactly new. A swedish law professor has done a nice write-up on viral marketing, its future and several cases of it during the past decade.
So, everybody basically agrees that SCO is in the wrong for sueing IBM and Linux "users" as an income model - what makes it right when a Linux company does it? SCO is using the threat of lawsuits to scare Linux "users" into paying their exhorbitant extortionist licensing fees. Lindows is using the actual lawsuits to force Microsoft to pay them - in effect - to distribute Lindows to end users for free.
The lawsuit madness continues.
Almost as big as this!
We keep your settlement monies, you get a bunch of stuff that's free in the first place.
I hate lindows and that talentless leech of a CEO they have.
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This is scum tactics at its finest. Trying to lure people into filling complaints.
Anti MS community continues to sink to new low's.
Kick Microsoft out of the country, Redhat will move in and take their place.
There is no shortages of businesses, theres a short supply of big businesses but why do we care? Small businesses arent going to leave the state, local businesses wont leave, and new businesses just starting wont leave.
If you use Linux, please help development of Autopac
Other companies will probably come out with their own approach to trading settlement money for goods, too, so if Lindows isn't your choice, waiting is a good idea.
So, how soon before Microsoft rolls out their approach? I'm looking to upgrade to XP soon...
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