From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 27 10:00:37 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A5A5816A417 for ; Thu, 27 Sep 2007 10:00:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.org) Received: from thin.berklix.org (thin.berklix.org [194.246.123.68]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A99C13C459 for ; Thu, 27 Sep 2007 10:00:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.org) Received: from js.berklix.net (p549A7770.dip.t-dialin.net [84.154.119.112]) (authenticated bits=128) by thin.berklix.org (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id l8R9dRfN061536 for ; Thu, 27 Sep 2007 11:39:28 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.org) Received: from fire.js.berklix.net (fire.js.berklix.net [192.168.91.41]) by js.berklix.net (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l8R9dH5t022035 for ; Thu, 27 Sep 2007 11:39:21 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.org) Received: from fire.js.berklix.net (localhost.js.berklix.net [127.0.0.1]) by fire.js.berklix.net (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l8R9dHl8016602 for ; Thu, 27 Sep 2007 11:39:17 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from jhs@fire.js.berklix.net) Message-Id: <200709270939.l8R9dHl8016602@fire.js.berklix.net> To: advocacy@freebsd.org From: "Julian Stacey" Organization: http://berklix.com BSD Unix Linux Consultancy, Munich/Muenchen. User-agent: EXMH on FreeBSD http://berklix.com/free/ X-URL: http://berklix.com/~jhs/cv/ Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 11:39:17 +0200 Sender: jhs@berklix.org Cc: Subject: Forcibly bundling software with hardware illegal. X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 10:00:37 -0000 Hi advocacy@freebsd.org (& bcc a few friends), Summary of a news report in German at: http://www.sueddeutsche.de/,ra12m2/computer/artikel/219/134960/ Antoine G. in Paris France succesfully sued a vendor of an Acer laptop who bundled in Microsoft unwanted. Rebate 311 Euros, + 500 damages + 150 costs + manufacturer to pay legal costs. Dell Germany rebatted a laptop by 78 Euros in March, for a non MS user. Julian -- Julian Stacey. Munich Consultant: BSD Unix Linux. http://berklix.com Ihr Rauch=mein allergischer Kopfschmerz. Dump cigs 4 snuff.