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Re: M$ IL latest craze





Vadim Vygonets wrote:
> 
> Quoth Gilad Ben-Yossef on Wed, May 26, 1999:
> > "Microsoft Threatens to Stop
> >                 Hebrew Language Conversion of
> >                 Windows Operating System "
> > (from Globes on line)
[snip snip]

> > If they succeed, god forbid, we'll be like the US were its VERY HARD to buy a
> > computer with out WIndows, especially laptops.
> 
> Even if you buy a computer with Windows, you can legally return
> Windows back for a refund.
> 
> Vadik.
> 

That's not possible any more. After that whole 'refund day' business
in the US and some other countries, most major OEMs changed their
own license (or the Windows OEM license) so that it states that it
is impossible to return Windows, no matter what (Toshiba is the first
example that comes to mind).

-- 
                      Omer Efraim
!- Software: Making your computer come alive so it can attack you -!
         Dave Barry in Cyberspace (probably using Windows)