IP: Windows Refund Day February 15, 1999

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 13:07:19 -0700
To: farber () cis upenn edu
From: Brett Glass <brett () lariat org>
Subject: For IP: Windows Refund Day February 15, 1999

Here's an event that ought to be of interest to IPers.

The saga of a disgruntled Australian computer buyer inspired Matt Jensen,
Webmaster of "TheNoodle.com", to organize a "Windows Refund Day." On
February 15, 1999, computer buyers who were forced to pay for copies of
Windows when they intended to run UNIX (or UNIX workalikes), NetWare, OS/2,
or other alternative operating systems will request refunds en masse. These
refunds are explicitly promised by Microsoft's End User License Agreement,
which is displayed whenever a user starts a new machine that's bundled with
Windows.

For information on the event, see:

 http://www.thenoodle.com/refund/

--Brett Glass