Hyman Rosen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > David Kastrup wrote: >> People have tried backing out of the shrink-wrap of bundled OEM Windows. >> More often than not, it takes considerable hassle and going to court. > > That's because they're buying a bundle, which isn't necessarily > separable into parts. They would have much less trouble returning the > entire system for a refund, and that's what they should do if they > don't want to accept the terms on which it is offered. They should not > expect to be able to buy a computer system and start returning > disassembled parts of it for a refund, say the floppy drive or the > keyboard, and the software it comes with is that way as well. It just > happens that the terms under which the software was offered were > written inartfully without the OEMs in mind. I expect that has changed > by now.
The software still comes with something like a "if you don't accept, return this for a refund" IIRC. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
