Linked by David Adams on Sat 30th Aug 2008 16:20 UTC, submitted by michuk
Compulsory Windows purchasing by way of PC bundles is one of the biggest hurtles to alternative OS adoption. Some people have been able to fight it: "Reading the Slashdot article about Dave Mitchell from Great Britain, who got a 47 pounds refund from Dell for returning his copy of Windows was an inspiration for me to check, if it is possible in Poland, too. This is my success story."
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I recently bought an Inspiron 530 PC from Dell Belgium (via the website). I intend to install NetBSD on it, but it shipped with Windows Vista Home Premium and MS Works 9.0, no choice here.
After reading this story :-) I filled in a form on their customer support website, stating that I was happy with the purchase in general, but did not accept the Windows and Works EULA, claiming to have the right for a refund according to their Terms of Sale (Algemene Voorwaarden en Policies). Few days later I received an e-mail saying that I could indeed get a refund of 216.37 euros, minus 18.15 administration and return costs, but I didn't even have to return the cd's.
No discussion whatsoever, cool!