LinuxWorld: Dell Customer Gets Windows Refund

"Dell today gave freelance programmer and sysadmin Dave Mitchell, of Sheffield, UK, a refund of 47 pounds ($89) for the unused copy of Microsoft Windows XP Home SP2 bundled with his new Dell Inspiron 640m laptop, Mitchell says. Dell also refunded the tax, for a total of £55.23 ($105).

"With few laptops available without the so-called 'Microsoft tax,' Windows refund requests have long been a slow movement among Linux community organizers..."

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