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:DesktopLinux: Software Contracts: Antitrust Tying and Computer Hardware Manufacturers
DesktopLinux: Software Contracts: Antitrust Tying and Computer Hardware Manufacturers
Jan 7, 2003, 07 :00 UTC (29 Talkback[s]) (6749 reads)
(Other stories by Walt Pennington)

[ Thanks to jar for this link. ]

"Manufacturers are forbidden by Antitrust Law to compel consumers to buy unwanted operating systems...

"At the outset, consumers should realize that manufacturers are forbidden by law to compel their customers to purchase an unwanted operating system as a prerequisite to buying a computer. This is because antitrust law makes illegal a practice known as 'tying.' Findlaw.com defines tying as 'an arrangement or agreement in which a seller will sell a product to a buyer only if the buyer will also buy another product...'"

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
Recently there are many offers of cheap ...   How is that in Germany?   
Roman Fietze
Jan 7, 2003, 07:36:01  
Great stuff !!!! Good to see someone ma ...   YEEHAH ! ABOUT TIME ! :-))   
foobar
Jan 7, 2003, 08:25:36  
I wish Mr. Pennington well, really I do. ...   Rotsa Ruck   
Dean Pannell (a.k.a. dinotrac)
Jan 7, 2003, 13:26:57  
I stopped buying systems and throwing aw ...   Talk with your money   
phil
Jan 7, 2003, 14:09:23  
I while back there was the article about ...   OEMs have probably changed terms   
Rascalson
Jan 7, 2003, 14:40:31  
> For the vast majority of computer> use ...   Re: Rotsa Ruck   
MartinV
Jan 7, 2003, 15:12:33  
> Neither did Kodak on their copiers, as ...   Re: Re: Rotsa Ruck   
Dean Pannell (a.k.a. dinotrac)
Jan 7, 2003, 15:51:19  
EULA sez (supposedly):``If you d ...   EULA Wording   
Richard N. Turner
Jan 7, 2003, 15:55:10  
Parse the sentence carefully--you may co ...   Re: EULA Wording   
ac
Jan 7, 2003, 16:33:02  
If an OEM chooses to sell a bundled comp ...   I just don't get this   
acknak
Jan 7, 2003, 16:41:55  
... Is Microsoft needs to be held accoun ...   What needs to happen...   
Howard Pepper
Jan 7, 2003, 18:13:04  
> Parse the sentence carefully--you may ...   Re: Re: EULA Wording   
Jim Wiggs
Jan 7, 2003, 18:37:37  
>If an OEM chooses to sell a bundled com ...   Re: I just don't get this   
Rob
Jan 7, 2003, 19:01:23  
> EULA sez (supposedly):> ``If y ...   Re: EULA Wording   
Samuel Taylor
Jan 7, 2003, 19:18:29  
The wording sure as heck sounds like a r ...   Re: EULA Wording   
me
Jan 7, 2003, 19:22:14  
``Parse the sentence carefully-- ...   Re: Re: EULA Wording   
Richard N. Turner
Jan 7, 2003, 19:32:17  
> Sorry but that's what it said in t ...   Re: Re: Re: EULA Wording   
Dean Pannell (a.k.a. dinotrac)
Jan 7, 2003, 19:55:32  
Before putting the computer I am current ...   It's about time, but how do I support?   
Joe User
Jan 7, 2003, 20:07:01  
For customers who want to return, for r ...   text from OEM to go with earlier comment   
Rascalson
Jan 7, 2003, 21:15:00  
``That's not the same as say ...   Re^4: EULA Wording   
Richard N. Turner
Jan 7, 2003, 21:25:41  
Yes, and it also doesn't say you won ...   Re: Dean Pannell   
Alastor
Jan 7, 2003, 22:27:13  
> Why was greed and political corruption ...   Re: It's about time, but how do I support?   
Rufus Polson
Jan 8, 2003, 00:43:07  
>than Mr Pannell's twisted ones So, ...   Re: Re: Dean Pannell   
Dean Pannell (a.k.a. dinotrac)
Jan 8, 2003, 04:57:04  
Just as I mentioned in my previous comme ...   Re: Dean Pannell   
Alastor
Jan 8, 2003, 07:14:53  
> Just as I mentioned in my previous com ...   Re: Re: Dean Pannell   
Dean Pannell (a.k.a. dinotrac)
Jan 8, 2003, 15:24:17  
I have commented about this issue before ...   Re: Re: Dean Pannell   
C. Whitman
Jan 8, 2003, 16:07:47  
> The case made from the law against tyi ...   Re: Re: Re: Dean Pannell   
Dean Pannell (a.k.a. dinotrac)
Jan 8, 2003, 17:19:51  
The EULA is not written in English, per ...   Weaselspeak   
Tony Other
Jan 8, 2003, 19:19:58  
You can definitely get a refund. Just pa ...   Re: Weaselspeak   
C. Whitman
Jan 8, 2003, 21:08:56  
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