One can only dream for a laptop that comes with no logos or operating system. Dell used to do computers that came with (eugh) ubuntu.<br>It'd be nice to have some money back for not using Windows though. Shame they stopped selling that netbook Stallman had, the completely free one.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 9:57 AM, Rory Holland <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rory@linux.com">rory@linux.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
Remember this?<br>
I emailed them like someone suggested and just got this reply.<br>
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From: <<a href="mailto:Per.Hellstrom@ec.europa.eu">Per.Hellstrom@ec.europa.eu</a>><br>
Date: 12 May 2011 08:03<br>
Subject: Reply to your e-mail of 14.04.2011- our ref.<br>
COMP/C-3/12.05.2011/HT.2382-Bundle 2011/048507<br>
To: <a href="mailto:rory@linux.com">rory@linux.com</a><br>
Cc: <a href="mailto:COMP-GREFFE-ANTITRUST@ec.europa.eu">COMP-GREFFE-ANTITRUST@ec.europa.eu</a><br>
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Dear Mr Holland,<br>
<br>
Thank you for your email of 14 April 2011, which relates to the<br>
difficulty of purchasing PCs without a pre-installed Windows operating<br>
system.<br>
<br>
The Commission is aware of these difficulties and monitors the<br>
developments in this field.<br>
<br>
In some Member States consumers have pursued a reimbursement for<br>
unwanted and unused software licences through the judicial system. I<br>
should draw your attention to what may be an Italian and four French<br>
precedent cases on the matter, reported at<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.aduc.it/dyn/comunicati/comu_mostra.php?id=197413" target="_blank">http://www.aduc.it/dyn/comunicati/comu_mostra.php?id=197413</a>,<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.aful.org/media/document/JugementCRESP-ASUS_06.07.06.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.aful.org/media/document/JugementCRESP-ASUS_06.07.06.pdf</a>,<br>
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<a href="http://www.aful.org/media/document/jugement-Gutzwiller-Acer-20070723.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.aful.org/media/document/jugement-Gutzwiller-Acer-20070723.pdf</a>,<br>
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<a href="http://www.foruminternet.org/specialistes/veille-juridique/jurisprudence/IMG/pdf/jurpro-lib20080213.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.foruminternet.org/specialistes/veille-juridique/jurisprudence/IMG/pdf/jurpro-lib20080213.pdf</a>,<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.aful.org/media/document/Jugement-Hordoir-ASUS-20080430.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.aful.org/media/document/Jugement-Hordoir-ASUS-20080430.pdf</a><br>
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I hope to have provided you with a satisfactory response to your e-mail.<br>
<br>
Yours sincerely,<br>
<br>
Per Hellström<br>
Head of Unit<br>
European Commission<br>
DG Competition<br>
Markets and cases II: Information, Communication and Media<br>
Antitrust: IT, Internet and Consumer electronics<br>
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