hi all,
a colleague, who is a loyal dell laptop user, called up dell in delhi to find
out if they would sell him a new laptop with redhat linux pre-installed on it.
they said that they won't pre-install any other OS on it, and would sell the
laptop only with windoze XP professional pre-installed.
the colleague then wondered, if he disagreed with the EULA and *never*
launched win doze xp on it, would they refund the money.
"NO!" came their flat answer.
i wonder what the legal stand on this would be. i mean, the eula is supposed
to be a legal and binding contract, that throws people in india into jails on
a non-bailable offence. and if someone does not wish to agree and use the
agreement or the software, why are refunds not given? unless the ms win doze
xp is free, free as in beer.
if there is a cost component attached to it, an end user has i suppose the
legal right to have it waived off. bundling or no bundling. unless the issue
of bundling is questioned.
wonder what microsoft's stand is on this, if someone requests a refund on
disagreeing on the EULA on a laptop that came pre-loaded with their software.
???
??
?
LL
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