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:LinuxWorld: Dell Customer Gets Windows Refund
LinuxWorld: Dell Customer Gets Windows Refund
Nov 9, 2006, 15 :15 UTC (4 Talkback[s]) (6761 reads)

(Other stories by Don Marti)

"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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Maybe when more people start claiming ba ...   Let the floodgates open!   
HexJam
Nov 9, 2006, 15:27:35
 
Now that would be a smart way to get som ...   Great Marketing for Dell   
Roger Moore
Nov 9, 2006, 16:00:20
 
In 2000 I had a discussion on the phone  ...   Good for Dell   
Steve Stites
Nov 9, 2006, 18:30:35
 
> In 2000 I had a discussion on the phon ...   Re: Good for Dell   
Cassandra
Nov 9, 2006, 21:14:40
 
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