Evading the Microsoft tax

"The netbook market has changed a lot since its beginnings and nowadays it's very hard to find a netbook without Windows, this one was no exception as it had the Microsoft tax on its price and that ghastly Windows license sticker on its underside. I hoped to get back the cost of the license, mostly for ethical reasons, and I hoped that Amazon.co.uk would do the right thing as described here, but a few weeks ago I picked up some random report on Slashdot about Amazon now refusing to cooperate in honoring Microsoft's EULA, which made me worry a bit."

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