Re: Interference with Markets (was: Re: [Haifux] Successful Windows Vista refund!!)

2008-12-06 Thread Omer Zak
On Sat, 2008-12-06 at 14:31 +0200, sara fink wrote: > > > > > > Encourage (by getting people to demand it) providers to sell > PCs with > Linux, in which a VM is installed and runs a MS-Windows XP > image. > > VM anyone can install. Asking VM in

Re: Interference with Markets (was: Re: [Haifux] Successful Windows Vista refund!!)

2008-12-06 Thread sara fink
> > Encourage (by getting people to demand it) providers to sell PCs with > Linux, in which a VM is installed and runs a MS-Windows XP image. VM anyone can install. Asking VM installed with windows xp image will open the door to charge extra charge for the image of XP. After all, if it's not reg

Interference with Markets (was: Re: [Haifux] Successful Windows Vista refund!!)

2008-12-06 Thread Omer Zak
I would be very wary of any law, which interferes with operation of businesses. There can always be unforeseen consequences. One possible consequence comes to one's mind: Embedded system which is always sold with an operating system and applications which allow its safe operation. Then one has t

Re: [Haifux] Successful Windows Vista refund!!

2008-12-06 Thread Dan Shimshoni
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

Re: [Haifux] Successful Windows Vista refund!!

2008-12-05 Thread Shachar Shemesh
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.shemes

Re: [Haifux] Successful Windows Vista refund!!

2008-12-05 Thread Dan Shimshoni
Zvi, - You are our Open Source hero of the week (or maybe of the year, or maybe decade!). Congratulations! I salute you! - I hereby call to anyone who bought a laptop without operating system on it or with only Linux on it to tell his/her story in this mailing list. I also call every one w

Re: [Haifux] Successful Windows Vista refund!!

2008-12-04 Thread Shachar Shemesh
Eyal Rozenberg wrote: Bravo Zvi! What was the reason not to go to court, though? I mean, I don't suppose you needed the 550 so badly... :-) What is the reason to go to court? They agreed to giving him everything he asked for, plus not require him to keep silent about it. It's not as if sma

Re: [Haifux] Successful Windows Vista refund!!

2008-12-04 Thread Adir Abraham
Congratulations. You rock :) On 12/3/08, Zvi Devir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > News Flash: The first Windows refund in Israel! > > Check it up: http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3632367,00.html > > > > ___ > Haifux mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: [Haifux] Successful Windows Vista refund!!

2008-12-04 Thread Eyal Rozenberg
Bravo Zvi! What was the reason not to go to court, though? I mean, I don't suppose you needed the 550 so badly... :-) Eyal = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., r

Re: [Haifux] Successful Windows Vista refund!!

2008-12-04 Thread Sorana Fraier
I am interested. On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 10:16 AM, Zvi Devir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All. > > Sorry for the previous bad HTML email... I wrote to tell that Slashdot > [http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/08/12/03/1949230.shtml] also got the story, > and > placed a link to the Haifux website. > I a

Re: [Haifux] Successful Windows Vista refund!!

2008-12-03 Thread Dotan Cohen
2008/12/3 Rafi Gordon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Zvi, > - First, congratulations for winning this important battle ! > > - Second, I myself intend to buy a laptop in the near future. > > And indeed, after surfing many israeli websites, I found out that all > of them come with windows. I don't intend

Re: [Haifux] Successful Windows Vista refund!!

2008-12-03 Thread Sorana Fraier
Well done. Congratulations. Thanks for insisting for publicity as well. Now it's time for party. ;-) On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 11:08 AM, Adir Abraham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Congratulations. You rock :) > > On 12/3/08, Zvi Devir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> News Flash: The first Windows ref

Re: [Haifux] Successful Windows Vista refund!!

2008-12-03 Thread Tal Abir
That is fantastic!!! Have you gave a notable statement yet? (one small step for man kinda statement...) On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 10:00 AM, Zvi Devir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > News Flash: The first Windows refund in Israel! > > Check it up: http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3632367,00.html

Re: [Haifux] Successful Windows Vista refund!!

2008-12-03 Thread Micha Feigin
On Wed, 3 Dec 2008 12:51:54 +0200 "Rafi Gordon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I had encountered before Asus Eee Pc with linux on some israeli > sites; this is indeed a mini laptop. Talking about laptops (not UMPCs > and not mini laptops) - I did not encounter any stores in israel which

Re: [Haifux] Successful Windows Vista refund!!

2008-12-03 Thread Micha Feigin
On Wed, 3 Dec 2008 12:12:19 +0200 "Rafi Gordon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Zvi, > - First, congratulations for winning this important battle ! > > - Second, I myself intend to buy a laptop in the near future. > > And indeed, after surfing many israeli websites, I found out that all > of t

Re: [Haifux] Successful Windows Vista refund!!

2008-12-03 Thread Baruch Siach
Hi Rafi, On Wed, Dec 03, 2008 at 12:51:54PM +0200, Rafi Gordon wrote: > I urge anyone that knows about such cases to inform us. I really doubt > there is even one > such store/vendor. Here is one from Ivory/MSI: http://ivory.co.il/product.asp?productid=2294&CatCode=315 This page state that you

Re: [Haifux] Successful Windows Vista refund!!

2008-12-03 Thread Rafi Gordon
Hello, I had encountered before Asus Eee Pc with linux on some israeli sites; this is indeed a mini laptop. Talking about laptops (not UMPCs and not mini laptops) - I did not encounter any stores in israel which sell a "windows free" laptops , meaning that you can purchase them without Windows.

Re: [Haifux] Successful Windows Vista refund!!

2008-12-03 Thread Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda
On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 12:12 PM, Rafi Gordon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Zvi, > - First, congratulations for winning this important battle ! > > - Second, I myself intend to buy a laptop in the near future. > > And indeed, after surfing many israeli websites, I found out that all > of them come

Re: [Haifux] Successful Windows Vista refund!!

2008-12-03 Thread Rafi Gordon
Zvi, - First, congratulations for winning this important battle ! - Second, I myself intend to buy a laptop in the near future. And indeed, after surfing many israeli websites, I found out that all of them come with windows. I don't intend to use windows on my laptop. So may I ask: How long

Re: [Haifux] Successful Windows Vista refund!!

2008-12-03 Thread Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda
That is not just a newsflash, that is a great achievement for you and for all of us! Well done! Orna. On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 10:00 AM, Zvi Devir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > News Flash: The first Windows refund in Israel! > > Check it up: http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3632367,00.html >