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Microsoft Laptop Recipient Auctioning Laptop

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the something-for-nothing dept.

Salvance writes "While most bloggers who received the controversial Vista powered Acer from Microsoft are keeping them, Laughing Squid has decided to auction off his free laptop from Microsoft and donate all proceeds to the The Electronic Frontier Foundation. (EFF) He saw this as a great opportunity to support a worthy cause, and some other bloggers are following suit. What's funny is that Microsoft is now backpedaling and telling bloggers to send back the laptops. Do they even have a legal right to do so?"

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  1. Re:huh by dominique_cimafranca · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Given Vista's steep hardware requirements, I doubt if just sending out CDs would have done much good.

  2. Re:This article needs to be changed. by db32 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Unfortunately that tends to be "We are going to lose, but don't know it" speak. I wonder how many politicians have been elected on the platform of "We don't have to lie because we are better" great...and you also aren't elected so your policy of not lying really means about squat because the guy who is telling all the lies is the 'decider'. Not that I really advocate lying here, just playing devil's advocate a bit.

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