Re: [PLUG] OS Refund Day

[Paul <paul@dpagin.net>]

Another thing that almost bothers me is that M$ requires (It's amazing 
how they can require something.) new PCs to be sold with the /latest/ 
release of Windows, whether the end user wants it or not.  If I paid the 
M$ tax when I bought my last PC, why can't I use the OS that came with 
that PC to run the new PC?

On a different note...M$ stops support for their OSes after five years, 
I believe.  Interestingly, I just read that RedHat stops issuing patches 
for their /lower end/ distributions *one year* after they're released.


Arthur S. Alexion wrote:

> One reason to fight for refunds is to increase the cost for companies to
> sign agreements with MS to supply a copy of windows with every CPU sold
> -- whether the end user wants it or not.
>  

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