[Gllug] Getting Microsoft off a Dell purchase - anyone done this?

[Richard Jones]

Perhaps you want to add your weight to this official complaint to the
EU?

http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.org.fsf.europe.discussion/831

<quote>
We suspect that the structure of the market and demand from consumers
is the driving force behind the decision by PC vendors to offer
Windows preinstalled on the majority of their computers. If this is
information is confirmed, the conduct of PC manufacturers would be
justified by pure commercial reasons and may not fall under the
provisions of EC competition law.
</quote>

However Microsoft, being a monopoly, ought to be required to behave
better -- for example making it easy to transfer or get refunds for
unwanted copies of Windows -- and the EU ought to enforce this.

Rich.

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