Search The Directory The Web for Home > Computers > Software > Licensing > Microsoft > WinRefunds > Press_Online New! Submit a site   whatUseek Collection Sites (submit a site ):   Give your site great placement in this category in as little as two business days!     whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   ABCNews: Dont Do Windows? - Feb. 8. Story with a simple moral: Always read the fine print. In February 1998 an Australian systems manager named Geoffrey Bennett, after buying a Toshiba laptop with Windows 98 installed, noted an interesting clause in Microsofts standard End User Licensing Agreement.   Australia: Cantech Online: GTV 9 Perth - Major Australian television station runs Linux refund story: 5 meg .avi file download.   Australia: Sydney Morning Herald, Fairfax IT News - User gets Windows refund from Toshiba.   BBC: Windows refund day dawns - "Windows may be on more than 90 per cent of the world's Personal Computers, but a growing campaign takes to the streets on Monday to keep the Microsoft Operating System (OS) in its box."   CNET News.com: Group of PC users wants Windows refund - Describes refund campaign; terms EULA clause a "loophole".   CNN: Group seeks refunds for bundled versions of Windows - Cable News Network coverage.   CNN: Interactive: Windows license opens door for Linux refund - Reprint of 99-1-21 LinuxWorld piece.   Detroit News: Linux users unite to get refund from Microsoft - Edited reprint of Raleigh News & Observer piece.   Excite UK Technology Channel: Hype Escalates over Special Refund Day - Brief piece on rising interest in Windows Refund Day. Help! URL moved, stories renumbered over time: "tech4.txt" was recently "tech3.txt". No clear formula, if any, for permanent URLs. Can anyone find this again?   InfoWorld: Group seeks refunds for bundled versions of Windows   Information Week: Want A Refund? Try The IRS - "...don't expect any money while Microsoft and the Justice Department do battle in court. If Microsoft loses, however, look for "lawsuits coming out of the woodwork..."   LA Times: G'Day, Microsoft Foes - Bennett's refund saga with Toshiba Australia, and the foundation of Windows Refund Day.   Linux Today: Windows Refund Madness   Linux Today: Windows Refund Newsletter, Issue 1 available   Linux Weekly News: Monday, February 15, is Windows refund day - "... it is a bit disappointing that there are not more organized groups out there."   Linux Weekly News: The Windows refund movement is snowballing - Discusses WinRefund Movement on bottom 1/8 of page one; or near the top of the 1-big-page LWN.   LinuxWorld: Windows license opens door for Linux refund - Call your PC maker, not us, says Microsoft.   LinuxWorld: Windows refund initiative gearing up for Feb. 15 - Via IDG News Service. "We expect Microsoft to take a stack of checks, stick them in the laser printer and do the right thing,"   NY Times: Linux Users Going Straight to Microsoft - Second of 3 short articles on one page.   Network World: Kearn's column: Get rid of Windows, and get your money back!     [ 1 2 3 ] Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.   Submit a Site - Open Directory Project - Become an Editor

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