Re: [ilugd] [OT] M$ Tax Refund Quest

2008-05-19 Thread Sudev Barar
2008/5/19 Manish [EMAIL PROTECTED]: this list and Linux's survival is not dependent on MS bashing. Just a quick clarifications. I do not think I have engaged in MS bashing so far (except for the one line don/goon imagery.) Please take this discussion to some relevant list. Sure, if

Re: [ilugd] [OT] M$ Tax Refund Quest

2008-05-19 Thread Raj Mathur
On Monday 19 May 2008, Sudev Barar wrote: [snip] Third Yes we went and brought it with our eyes open but no where the manufacturer said that the EULA is contingent on my (buyers) acceptance in the adverts. If there was no EULA being forced down on me I would have but lived with it. BUT here I

Re: [ilugd] [OT] M$ Tax Refund Quest

2008-05-19 Thread Manish
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

Re: [ilugd] [OT] M$ Tax Refund Quest

2008-05-18 Thread Raj Mathur
On Monday 19 May 2008, Naresh Narang wrote: --- Manish [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just hope Indian government and law is not part of this ecosystem. And I also hope the law has enough teeth to ensure that consumers are protected against such unfair practices. This is great effort and

Re: [ilugd] [OT] M$ Tax Refund Quest

2008-05-18 Thread Manish
On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 7:37 AM, Raj Mathur wrote: Sent a mail to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi yesterday, whose web site (http://www.mcdpropertytax.in/staff/index.jsp) requires you to use IE to file property tax. Let's see what (if anything) happens. I think a better place/people to

Re: [ilugd] [OT] M$ Tax Refund Quest

2008-05-18 Thread Raj Mathur
On Monday 19 May 2008, Manish wrote: [snip] I think a better place/people to address this one would be the fountainhead behind this site--eGovernments Foundation, based in Bangalore, founded by Nandan Nilekani. And solving the problem here should help dozens of such sites run for various