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FOSTER CITY, Calif. (AP) - At Microsoft's Foster City offices Monday,
Hironori Sato joined about 100 computer users demanding refunds for
Windows software they didn't want to buy and don't plan to use. "I
got stuck with this software because I couldn't buy a laptop without
it," said Charles Lingo, a retired maintenance engineer. About 90% of
personal computers sold come pre-loaded with Microsoft's Windows
software, which runs the other programs on the computers. But Lingo
and the demonstrators are among a growing minority of users who don't
want Windows. They operate their computers with Linux, a system with
a penguin mascot that has risen to the forefront among the relatively
unknown products that can substitute for the Windows operating
system. See
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2558467122-9c2