On Sun, Feb 08, 2009 at 07:27:39PM +0200, Eli Billauer wrote: > Dotan Cohen wrote: > > > The hole here is that he is not expected to read the Windows EULA > > until it is explicitly presented to him at first boot. He could _then_ > > decide to reject the license and contact Dell. It also says, > > explicitly in the license, that the end user has the right to deny the > > license and request a refund of the _software_. > > > As far as I've seen, it tells the user to check the policy for refund. > It can very well be to cancel the whole deal, for a refund of the whole > sum. And the software can also be considered a present. I mean, suppose > that you go to the supermarket, and you get an extra piece of something > because you bought for X shekels. Do you think you'll have a chance to > get a refund for that? > > And if you bought a travel package, and then found out something was > wrong about it, wouldn't the best expectation be to simply cancel the > deal, all money back? > > The thing you're missing here, is that when you buy a laptop, you're > aware that there it comes with Windows. The only thing you can complain > about, is that you were forced to agree to something you don't agree > with. The only sensible solution in this case, in normal business terms, > is to cancel the deal. Completely. > > I'm glad that Zvi Devir made some noise, because it got the message > through, that a computer can run something else than Windows. But as far > as I'm concerned, that's all there is to it.
Which is why I advised to buy a laptop from those who don't bundle MS-Windows with it. -- Tzafrir Cohen | [email protected] | VIM is http://tzafrir.org.il | | a Mutt's [email protected] | | best ICQ# 16849754 | | friend _______________________________________________ Haifux mailing list [email protected] http://hamakor.org.il/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/haifux
