I believe that MIchael Eitan will pick up the glove. If someone can reach him, it would be great.
On 12/6/08, Dan Shimshoni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > First I would like to say big thanks to the following bloggers, who > mentioned > zvi dvir and his struggle; > Shachar Shemesh, Oren Maurer, Ori Idan, Doron Ofek. > You are great! > (Did I miss anyone ? Sorry if I missed anyone, these is what I saw in: > > http://planet.linux.org.il/) > > Yet I think it is not enough and I wish more bloggers would accept my call > and mention zvi dvir and his struggle in their blogs; mind you, googling > for 'zvi dvir' (in hebrew) gives now less than 450 results ! I wish it > would be thousands! > > I wish that there will be some serious initiative to take advantage > of this precedent > and to change the current status of PC/latop computer market > in Israel ; I would wish that some > law will be passed that would enforce ***every*** computer store in Israel > to sale a PC/laptop with no OS on it, and also would enforce every > advertisment > of these stores to declare this option clearly. This is election time now. > Maybe an Atzuma should be prepared ? maybe some parliament members > will be interested in such an initiative ? Can anyone think of > something ? > > I think that taking advantage of this precedent in such a way can really > benefit the open source community in Israel. > > > Regards, > Dan > > > On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 1:21 PM, Shachar Shemesh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Dan Shimshoni wrote: >>> >>> Zvi, >>> >>> - You are our Open Source hero of the week (or maybe of the year, >>> or maybe decade!). >>> >> >> Personally, I think the importance of windows refund reach far beyond the >> scope of "using Linux without paying the Microsoft tax". I wrote about it >> in >> my blog (http://blog.shemesh.biz/?p=568), but the gist of it is this: >> The entire validity of a EULA hangs on the article in it Zvi used - >> without >> it, there is no informed consent to the EULA and the entire agreement is >> null and void. This means that them resisting the refund is actually a >> good >> thing. What you need to sue them for is for not letting you move your copy >> of vista to a new computer, and use their refusal to give refunds as the >> proof that you did not accept the agreement, and are therefor not bound by >> it. >> >> Shachar >> > _______________________________________________ > Haifux mailing list > Haifux@haifux.org > http://hamakor.org.il/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/haifux > _______________________________________________ Haifux mailing list Haifux@haifux.org http://hamakor.org.il/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/haifux
