Comment 990 for bug 1

This is an old question, that has many answers. Technically yes. Did you
agree to the EULA ? Did you "refuse" the EULA when prompted ? If you
accepted and ran Windows, the answer is no.
Did MS Windows come with some original disks and a "key" ? If not, forget
it.
Did MS Windows come with "recovery" disks ? Here it gets tricky.
Which country did you purchase the PC ?
So, there is no easy answer. Remember, the dealer, the manufacturer all make
money on the sale of the O/S. If you buy a PC with Linux installed there is
no refund, since the dealer will charge for installation, only.
Allengg

On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 8:54 AM, Alexandros <email address hidden>wrote:

> Is it possible to get your money back from a pre-installed copy of
> Windows if they came with a new PC?
>
> --
> Microsoft has a majority market share
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1
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> of the bug.
>
> Status in Club Distro: Confirmed
> Status in Computer Science Ubuntu: Confirmed
> Status in Ichthux - Linux for Christians: Confirmed
> Status in JAK LINUX: Confirmed
> Status in The OpenOffice.org Suite: Invalid
> Status in Launchpad Translations: Invalid
> Status in Tabuntu: Confirmed
> Status in Ubuntu: In Progress
> Status in "bum" source package in Ubuntu: Invalid
> Status in "casper" source package in Ubuntu: Invalid
> Status in "djplay" source package in Ubuntu: Invalid
> Status in "firefox" source package in Ubuntu: Invalid
> Status in "ubuntu-express" source package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
> Status in The Breezy Badger: Invalid
> Status in The Dapper Drake: Invalid
> Status in Baltix GNU/Linux: Confirmed
> Status in "linux" source package in Debian: Confirmed
> Status in Fluxbuntu: The Lightweight, Productive, Agile OS: Confirmed
> Status in Tilix Linux: New
>
> Bug description:
> Microsoft has a majority market share in the new desktop PC marketplace.
> This is a bug, which Ubuntu is designed to fix.
>
> Non-free software is holding back innovation in the IT industry,
> restricting access to IT to a small part of the world's population and
> limiting the ability of software developers to reach their full potential,
> globally. This bug is widely evident in the PC industry.
>
> Steps to repeat:
>
> 1. Visit a local PC store.
>
> What happens:
> 2. Observe that a majority of PCs for sale have non-free software
> pre-installed.
> 3. Observe very few PCs with Ubuntu and free software pre-installed.
>
> What should happen:
> 1. A majority of the PCs for sale should include only free software like
> Ubuntu.
> 2. Ubuntu should be marketed in a way such that its amazing features and
> benefits would be apparent and known by all.
> 3. The system shall become more and more user friendly as time passes.
>

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