Windows Refund

[Massimo Marino]

As seen on Slashdot:

"Posted by michael on Wednesday December 11, @09:17AM
from the worthy-sequel dept.
pbody writes "Sorry if this is rehashing an old topic, but I was 
looking for advice on how to try to get a refund for the copy of XP 
that is coming with the laptop I just bought when I came across this on 
LinuxJournal about windowsrefund.net. They are organizing "Windows 
Refund Day II" on January 23, 2003 -- which coincides with the 
LinuxWorld Expo in NYC. Knowing how the first refund day turned out, 
how many out there are going to the Expo and are thinking about 
participating? For that matter, has anybody had any luck at all getting 
a refund from a vendor lately?"

This related to previous posts claiming that very few buy a computer to 
ditch Windows... Not an hoard, granted, but not to be neglected either.
Practically ALL Linux users I know have ditched their Windows 
installation. So if Linux presence makes for say 5% they also 
contributed the same 5% to Windows market share (which IS big deal)

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