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Lenovo Requires NDA For Windows License Refund
tykev writes "A customer wanted to return the license for preinstalled Windows Vista Business that came with his Lenovo laptop. After some lengthy negotiations with representatives of Lenovo's technical support and management, he was offered financial compensation for returning the license in the amount of CZK 1950 (USD 130, EUR 78), pending his acceptance of a non-disclosure agreement that would cover the entire negotiations with the company and its results. He declined and published his experiences on a Czech Linux website. The website editors decided to reward the customer for publishing the article by paying him an author's royalty in the same amount as was the offered compensation for returning the license."
Vista is pants
...which didn't even seem that implausible at the time.
I especially liked this bit
Sleny operátorky na lince Lenovo byly velice milé. Po vyslechnutí mého poadavku m chtly odmítnout, ale poté, co jsem odcitoval píslunou ást licence, si vyádaly pár dní na zjitní aktuálního stavu od vedení firmy. Tím jsem se viditeln dostal o úrove vý, nebo nyní následovalo kolo telefonních rozhovor.
I dont know what it means but I like it. I think.
Do not try to read the dupe, thats impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth
What truth?
There is no dupe
Is it wise to be Russian into these kinds of jokes in this political environment?
Yeah I think it's NATO good idea. Ukraine never know where it will stop.
Seven puppies were harmed during the making of this post.
I defy anyone to continue this using Uzbekistan or Tajikistan.
"I am an Adept of Tantric VAX."
It's a Spain to keep reading this thread. Perhaps you could Sweden the jokes a bit?
Mmm, sweet things make me Hungary.
Random and weird software I've written.
I don`t like the Sweden stuff myself, when I`m Hungary I just go for some Chile.
Uzbekistanding it would certainly become a chore.
Yeah, it's dead.
Man wants his money back for a license he did not want from a PC purchase.
Microsoft says: "Sure but you keep your fscking mouth shut when we do this"
Guy said "Eat a box of shnausages"
Guy publishes an article about his experience, gets the money anyway but not from Microsoft. /I think?
The greatest revenge in life is massive success.
The website editors decided to reward the customer for publishing the article by paying him an author's royalty in the same amount as was the offered compensation for returning the license."
Lenovo tried to cancel the Czech. Did the editors pay the Czech with a check? I guess I should TRFM and Czech it out.
"He's lost in a 'floyd hole"
But if i save 350$ buying a Ubuntu Dell box, im gonna have to spend 350$ buying vista because i can't make sense out anything on that ubuntu thing.
then ill be stuck having to install windows myself, which is just as bad.
am i not better off just paying 350 for windows on my dell and be done with it ?
hehe.
If you look like your passport photo, you're too ill to travel. - Will Kommen
What did Delaware?
New Jersey?
Idaho, Alaska.
Well of course Lenovo didn't have to refund the license money — everyone knows that WIndows Vista doesn't require sending Czech sums.
Nor, might I add, would they Dane to send such a refund to Northern Europe. Not a single Finn. As for Southern Europe, I would expect they would be Balkan at every request. Even in their own part of the globe I think Lenovo would claim that their hands are Thai'd. And do so Lao'd and clear.
The only people with any hope at all for satisfaction live in the Hellenic Republic. Their palms are always Greece'd.
"I guess the moral of the story is, don't paint your airship with rocket fuel." -- Addison Bain
Perhaps his Czech is in the mail?
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
When you're ready for bed, let me know. I Kentucky you in.
---
Rob Flynn
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Alright:
Two travelers from Hungary and Czech Republic are backpacking through a national park, when they are attacked and eaten by a pair of grizzly bears. Rangers shoot the bears and autopsy them. They open the female bear and find the remains of the Hungarian. Ranger turns to his partner and says, "I guess the Czech's in the male."
Ba-dum-bum.
Man buys a laptop from Leno.
Laptop comes with Windows Viagra.
Man insists he doesn't need Viagra, insists on money back.
Chinese authorities confused as to how a man can perform without it, ask for a copy of his DNA.
The Chinese insist that the man keep quiet:
Bootleg copy of Windows (the screen of death is red).
Laptop also contains birth records of the Chinese gymnastic team.
(OK, I admit, I made this part up, but it makes the story better.)
Man publishes his story on web.
Profit!
My next sig will be ready soon, but subscribers can beat the rush
Well let's test that theory. Vista is horrible. Nothing works right and it runs slower on the same hardware as XP does. It still gets viruses despite "Security" measures and it has like a bajillion patches for itself that don't do anything to help the end user experience. In addition I think I have herpes now that I used a machine that had Vista on it. I discourage Vista use as it definitely might give you herpes. Besides the itching (from the herpes) and all the other stuff... I love it!
It spells "Slovakia".
or it gets the hose