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Open source activist Ole Tange has received an amount from Acer equal to the cost of the Windows license, he would have refunded. However, it is not the license, but the trouble he gets compensated for, says Acer. By Jakob Møllerhøj Monday, 3 March 2014 - 6:29
There comes a pre-installed Windows with the acquisition of a computer. It has been described as a Microsoft tax because not everyone wants to use the commercial program, yet they end up indirectly paying for it since it is difficult to buy a computer without. Now it is managed open source king of prussia mall address activist Ole Tange to get Acer to refund roughly equivalent to the license of the operating system.
It is true that he got the 692 kroner from Acer, as open source activist had found would be a reasonable price to get reimbursed for the unused Windows license. But Acer does not consider it as a refund, but a compensation for long delays. It is read out by a mail correspondence, Ole Tange posted king of prussia mall address on the IT-Political Association's website.
By mail exchange between Acer's support and Ole Tange, it appears at first that the Acer computer to be sent to Acer's service center in Germany, and the user must pay the shipping costs. Here, the control system will then be removed, like the sticker with Certificate of Authenticity will also be removed from the computer.
Apparently Acer goes so helps to reimburse king of prussia mall address 40 euros, equivalent to 298.5 kroner, without getting sent to the computer. Acer whereas this is what the company pays for Windows licenses. Ole Tange is willing to accept the amount, if Acer will demonstrate king of prussia mall address the company paying 40 euros to Windows.
The evidence he will not. After a bit's writing back and forth refers Ole Tange in an email to a French judgment in which Acer has lost a similar king of prussia mall address case. And in this regard, he puts up a lawsuit against king of prussia mall address the company.
Four days after 26 February, he receives an email when Acer seems to have completely changed course. By mail, it appears that he may get the 692 kroner from the company, he asked for in the first place, without king of prussia mall address sending the machine to Germany. Acer calls it does not refund the license, but compensation for the duration of the proceedings.
The sender of the last mail, Robin, king of prussia mall address whereas the support staff has not been updated on Acer's operations in the field, and that he takes full responsibility for. According to the mail, the company's rules in this field, the machine must be returned king of prussia mall address to Acer 30 days of purchase if the customer wants a refund for the Windows license. And the goods shall be at the buyer's expense.
"I do not think there are many who will do it - it makes no economic sense to do so," he said, bearing in mind the shipping king of prussia mall address costs to Germany, where support initially wanted him to send the computer. king of prussia mall address
The thing you think of Version2 blogger Poul-Henning Kamps struggle to recover a Windows license on a Lenovo machine. The judge of the court of Lyngby ended up deciding that Poul-Henning Kamp was not entitled to a refund.
Version2 king of prussia mall address has contacted Acer among others for answers on how it could be that the computer to be sent to Germany. The company has not returned before deadline. We return with a possible king of prussia mall address follow-up. Send Tweet
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"But I can not use Linux", the .. And it is not impossible to buy a laptop with. But Dell has previously proven there is sufficient money in selling laptops with Linux .. If the dear linux users are so resentful of Microsoft to get a spot of money by purchasing their laptops, must fucking up your own business there Make laptop sold without OS or with Linux / unix variants .. There must obviously be money in the dirt since it is so important to waste our legal system resources ..
Come on Ken, it's good enough a game ranting that. Condescending language does not account for the real issue, gives people a stall Linux / Unix people versus all the others who apparently have more right to the judicial system resources. Make constructive post instead of the one place, that is if you want to be taken seriously!
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