On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 1:34 PM, Raj Mathur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[snip] > So here's my counter-proposal to Lenovo, MS, and any other interested > party: > > My terms of buying a computer from you: > > I will willingly buy and use your computer with Winduhs or any other OS > pre-installed, but I will not accept the EULA. If this is OK by you, > then I will not ask for a refund on Winduhs either. > > Does that sound reasonable? :) Very. - Refund clause is an integral part of the license. - MS passes on the responsibility that it entails to OEMs. - OEMs ignore the clause, hence the license. - Now, how can it be binding on consumers alone? Either consumer gets a refund or s/he has "bought" the right to ignore (you accept but ignore) the EULA as well. hehe. -- Manish _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - February 22-24, 2008 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
