Right, I know that. While it does make a difference if you really don't want to give microsoft any money, it is not something positive to do for free software vendors - they don't get your money either!
It's great to finally have a real alternative to this workaround in Switzerland :) - Tribaal / Chris On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 1:46 PM, Gilles Tournier <gtourn...@sunrise.ch> wrote: > FYI, in some EU countries I believe it is now possible to get reimbursed by > Microsoft for the price of the Windows OS "forced" onto the customer when > purchasing a PC...You just have to claim that you wanted to purchase only > the bare hardware and that the OS contained in the bundle was a "forced > sale" because you planned to use another OS and install it by yourself. In > the case you file such a claim, Microsoft is required by law to reimburse > you the equivalent amount (and they will do it, believe me !). Of course, > there is a catch: the general public does not know about this and the > computer retail stores absolutely avoid to inform them about their > rights.... > EU regulations pertaining to fight such abuses and also in the domain of > private data protection is way beyond what Switzerland or the USA do... > When will the Swiss Parliament start discussing these issue - nobody knows - > but lobbying is very active to avoid these sensitive topics to emerge to the > public. > > G. Tournier > > Le 01. 10. 13 12:00, Christopher Glass a écrit : > >> Nice to see preinstalled Ubuntu on decent computers in Switzerland! >> Thanks for the initiative! >> >> Do you plan to provide "tower" computers too? I am in the market for >> one at the moment, and would love to avoid the MS tax, as well as >> shipping costs if possible (system76 is a bit far). >> >> Cheers >> >> - Tribaal/Chris >> >> --- >> This email is composed of 100% recycled electrons! >> >> On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 10:23 PM, Tormod Volden <lists.tor...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 8:02 PM, Hansjoerg Niederegger wrote: >>>> >>>> can you add me to the regional contacts? >>>> 6442 Gersau, Hansjoerg Niederegger, hansjo...@success-swiss.ch , >>>> http://success-swiss.ch , Installation, Support, hardware >>>> (whyopeningcomputing) , english, german >>> >>> Hi Hansjoerg, >>> >>> You are supposed to that yourself, it is a wiki. And to >>> maintain/remove your own entry as needed. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Tormod >>> >>> -- >>> Ubuntu-ch mailing list >>> Ubuntu-ch@lists.ubuntu.com >>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ch > > > > > -- > Ubuntu-ch mailing list > Ubuntu-ch@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ch -- Ubuntu-ch mailing list Ubuntu-ch@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ch
