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Persistence Pays Off With Israel's First Windows Refund

As Niv Lilian reports at Ynet News, Haifa (and the Haifa Linux Club)'s Zvi Devir just preferred to run Linux rather than the pre-installed Windows on his newly bought Dell computer, and didn't want to pay for the unwanted Windows system. Now Devir has prevailed, after a fight in Israeli small-claims court, to become the first Israeli to obtain a Windows refund (also in Hebrew), winning the $137 that Windows added to the cost of his machine and escaping the nondisclosure agreement that Dell had wanted him to abide by as a condition. Perhaps others will follow his lead. Update: 12/03 23:02 GMT by T : Zvi Devir wrote with an update: "BTW, the settlement was out of court, before any court sessions took place."

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  1. Re:what a surprise by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    A jew is the current high bidder on this!

  2. Re:Not even implied by Eli+Gottlieb · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Well true, but all Israelis are cheap and like to avoid paying for software anyway -- Jew or Arab.

  3. Ever Notice? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Anyone ever notice that almost every anti-Microsoft (or semi anti-Microsoft) story is posted by CmdrTaco?

    Things that make you go hmmm...

  4. Re:Not even implied by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Holy shit you're a retard. Good luck ever finding a job after google indexes this page.

  5. Re:Not even implied by lbane · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Israel is a zionist state, Created by the bastard Rothschild family, stolen from the Palestinians.

  6. Go Figure by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Fucking Jews