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Windows Refund Wrapup
There are lots of stories about Windows Refund Day. As
I predicted, nobody got refunds, as referenced in
this ZDNet Story. Chris
is quoted near the end.
Here's a Nando Times story,
a wired story,
an MSNBC Story,
a San Jose Mercury Story,
and a Washington Post story. (All
sent in by anonymous readers).
Macerick sent us A front Pager
from the NY times. And finally, Marc Merlin
sent us his own report which features the
Story and Pictures.
I'd seriously have to disagree with Marc's statement of "I can't say I really blame manufacturers for..." not giving a refund. After all, if the manufacturers would sell us what we ask for, then they'd never be in this predicament. It's not like they don't let you choose a different monitor, video card, etc. The OS should be no different!
'Microsoft welcomes the Linux community'? ... it subtly potrays the whole refund day saga as action by a special interest group (Linux users), and not something that most people want (which is probably true).
That's pretty cunning of them