[Nottingham] Fwd: Reply to your e-mail of 14.04.2011- our ref. COMP/C-3/12.05.2011/HT.2382-Bundle 2011/048507

[Eben Till]

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.
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.

On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 9:57 AM, Rory Holland <rory at linux.com> wrote:

> Remember this?
> I emailed them like someone suggested and just got this reply.
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From:  <Per.Hellstrom at ec.europa.eu>
> Date: 12 May 2011 08:03
> Subject: Reply to your e-mail of 14.04.2011- our ref.
> COMP/C-3/12.05.2011/HT.2382-Bundle 2011/048507
> To: rory at linux.com
> Cc: COMP-GREFFE-ANTITRUST at ec.europa.eu
>
>
> Dear Mr Holland,
>
> Thank you for your email of 14 April 2011, which relates to the
> difficulty of purchasing PCs without a pre-installed Windows operating
> system.
>
> The Commission is aware of these difficulties and monitors the
> developments in this field.
>
> In some Member States consumers have pursued a reimbursement for
> unwanted and unused software licences through the judicial system. I
> should draw your attention to what may be an Italian and four French
> precedent cases on the matter, reported at
>
> http://www.aduc.it/dyn/comunicati/comu_mostra.php?id=197413,
>
> http://www.aful.org/media/document/JugementCRESP-ASUS_06.07.06.pdf,
>
> http://www.aful.org/media/document/jugement-Gutzwiller-Acer-20070723.pdf,
>
>
> http://www.foruminternet.org/specialistes/veille-juridique/jurisprudence/IMG/pdf/jurpro-lib20080213.pdf
> ,
>
> http://www.aful.org/media/document/Jugement-Hordoir-ASUS-20080430.pdf
>
> I hope to have provided you with a satisfactory response to your e-mail.
>
> Yours sincerely,
>
> Per Hellström
> Head of Unit
> European Commission
> DG Competition
> Markets and cases II: Information, Communication and Media
> Antitrust: IT, Internet and Consumer electronics
>
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