[Tfug] Blogger gets $200 check from HP for declining Vista's EULA

[erich]

Hmmm,
              Probably simpler just to get your machine from Worldcare 
and install
an OS that doesn't have EULA's

                                                                                                         
Erich
Angus Scott-Fleming wrote:
> Unconfirmed ... but $200 back on a $600 laptop seems like a LOT to me.
>
> ------- Included Stuff Follows -------
> Blogger gets $200 check from HP for declining Vista's EULA
>     Blogger uncle_benji went over to Best Buy and purchased an HP dv6815nr for 
>     $599.99 plus tax. When he saw the Windows Vista EULA and the HP EULA, he 
>     decided he wanted to move to Linux. He wasn't happy that there wasn't an 
>     option to decline the EULA, but didn't take his revenge on Microsoft by 
>     just grabbing one of the many Linux distro install discs. Nope, first 
>     things first: this user decided to call HP and demand a refund for 
>     Microsoft's latest operating system. After all, Microsoft's EULA does say 
>     to contact the manufacturer if the user does not agree with it. This user 
>     simply took it a step further and made sure that he was not paying for 
>     something he wasn't going to use.
>
>     After many phone calls, insistence from HP representatives that it does 
>     not support Linux (drivers and so on), suggestions to contact Microsoft 
>     instead or to choose another laptop, many e-mails back and forth, a letter 
>     to the CEO Mark Hurd, and months of waiting, uncle_benji received a check 
>     in the mail. The check was for $200, addressed from HP. 
> --------- Included Stuff Ends ---------
> Slightly more here w/ links to the blog:
> http://arstechnica.com/journals/microsoft.ars/2008/07/21/blogger-gets-200-
> check-from-hp-for-declining-vistas-eula
> http://preview.tinyurl.com/62eyyz
>
>
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