Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 17:24:52 -0700 (MST) From: "Chad R. Larson" <chad@DCFinc.com> To: flemming@froekjaer.org (Flemming Froekjaer) Cc: mobile@FreeBSD.ORG, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Laptop without Windows Message-ID: <200106060024.RAA05198@freeway.dcfinc.com> In-Reply-To: <3B1D4BC4.A4698439@froekjaer.org> from Flemming Froekjaer at "Jun 5, 1 02:14:44 pm"
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As I recall, Flemming Froekjaer wrote: > So i called them instead and explained that I wanted to use the laptop > with FreeBSD. They said that would be ok, but i would have to pay the > same price, as with the OS. > Is that normal? Yes. Dell's contract with Microsoft has them pay a licence fee for every system shipped. It doesn't matter what OS is installed, if any. It makes the accounting much easier. On the other hand... In your box will be a Microsoft End User's Licence Agreement (EULA). In it there is a phrase something like "If you don't agree to these terms, return this product unopened for a refund." Take them up on it. > \Flemming -crl -- Chad R. Larson (CRL15) 602-953-1392 Brother, can you paradigm? chad@dcfinc.com chad@larsons.org larson1@home.com DCF, Inc. - 14623 North 49th Place, Scottsdale, Arizona 85254-2207 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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