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LinuxWorld: Dell Customer Gets Windows Refund

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 9, 2006

“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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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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