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<body>Rob,<BR>
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i bought a laptop from PC World last October, took the insurance on it, which entitles me for a free health check. My laptop is a HP Pavilion. A couple of weeks ago, i brought my laptop to PC World for the health check i was entitled, they refused to do it, saying that i have partitioned my hard disk with Ubuntu. Even though i had Windows XP on it, they told me that the warranty that i had was voided as well, just because i has Ubuntu installed. I have been paying £12.99 per month for that extended insurance.<BR>
It's not fair.<BR>
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Suntish.<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>
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> Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 01:37:30 +0100<BR>> From: the.lock.keeper@ukonline.co.uk<BR>> To: wolves@mailman.lug.org.uk<BR>> Subject: [Wolves] Sick of M$<BR>> <BR>> It gets everywhere. Microsoft sure know how to market. I just watched Click on<BR>> the Beeb. Most of the programme was about what Microsoft are doing with<BR>> "schools of the future" (laptops/internet access via wi-fi and smartcards for<BR>> recording attendance). They are going overboard spending tons of money on a few<BR>> "pilot schemes" in American schools with the aim of rolling these systems out<BR>> worldwide.<BR>> <BR>> It seems that for many years to come children will be brought up knowing only<BR>> one operating system. No wonder M$ screen adverts to business showing their<BR>> systems as "people ready". Just one more example of the (imperfect) Market in<BR>> which Linux competes.<BR>> <BR>> However, I had to laugh when tonight I also saw a PC World advert for anti-virus<BR>> software stating that a third of PC's they repair have viruses on them. I bet<BR>> none of these were Linux machines. This gives me a fiendish idea. Why don't we<BR>> rig up a Linux machine with an obvious fault and see how they get on with <BR>> repairing" it.<BR>> <BR>> Rob<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> ----------------------------------------------<BR>> This mail sent through http://www.ukonline.net<BR>> <BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> Wolves LUG mailing list<BR>> Homepage: http://www.wolveslug.org.uk/<BR>> Mailing list: Wolves@mailman.lug.org.uk<BR>> Mailing list home: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/wolves<BR><BR></body>
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