Daniel Mons wrote: > This is honestly a question I would like answered by someone. > > If purchasing a piece of hardware from a supplier of my choice that > comes bundled (without my consent) with Windows, and upon clicking "I > disagree" to the license agreement, the software is disabled and I am > free of my licensing costs. Microsoft themselves have said they will > refund licenses in these cases, yet the hoops one has to jump through to > get there are ridiculous (I've tried and failed in the past with a > number of laptop manufacturers). When will the process of returning > unwanted licenses in Australia be improved? I have a number of OEM > licenses I don't want or use, and paying for them is inconvenient, as is > the idea of being considered a "successful sale" or "happy customer" by > Microsoft marketing when I clearly don't use their product. Microsoft > have promised to fix this, and I'd like to know what the timeline is to > have this completed. > > [snip] > > -Dan > >
I fully agree with this too, but believe that the problem is with the hardware suppliers. Surely it's time for transparent pricing - so when we buy a PC we can see how much *everything* is - including any software licensing. I would personally like to see the end of OEM OS's as they can prematurely end the life of a PC, either that or enforce some legislation ensuring the price of the OEM software is within a percentage of that of retail - to remove the 'it's cheaper to buy a new machine than upgrade it' mentality. ian -- ubuntu-au mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
