BYO or manufactured?

[Dennis Kibbe]

On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 12:00:07AM -0700, John (EBo) David wrote:
> dennisk@sahuaro.f2s.com wrote:
> > 
> > Quoting "John (EBo) David" <ebo@leml.la.asu.edu>:
> > 
> > > Dennis Kibbe wrote:
> > > >
> > > > And don't forget when you buy a pre-built computer you are paying the evil
> > > M$ tax!
> > >
> > > speaking of which...  Isn't there some way to take the OS off of the
> > > computer and request that M$ pay you back?  A *long* time ago a budy of
> > > mine did this, but I do not remember the details.
> > >
> > >   EBo --
> > 
> > Yes, it's possible, but not easy according to some of the stories I've read on
> > the net. I searched the M$ site for the Win XP EULA but didn't find it. Next
> > time I'm in CompUSA I'm bring a floppy. I understand it's on the hard drive
> > under the windows/system32 folder EULA.TXT.
> 
> cool...  that would be an interesting thing to post to the net ;-)
> 
> Just imagine this -- the schools that get audited by M$ convert to Linux
> and send Bill a bill  ;-)
> 
> would be a wonderful way to pay for the conversion...
> 
>   EBo --

I like the idea of a "Microsoft Refund Day" which was held in both San Francisco and New York. Everyone showed up at the local M$ office with CDs in hand politeley asking for a refund. THe New York day generated some nice publicity in te New York Times.

Dennis