Press Online Links
- 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..."
- ZDNet: PCWeek: Linux boxes show promise for the enterprise Editor-in-chief & columnist Eric Lundquist, at the end of his column, gives a brief rationale for Windows refunds and mentions Refund Day.
- Wired News: Waiting for Windows Refund Day Non-Refundable Refund follow-up story.
- 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.
- 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?
- ZDNet: PC Week: Duo aims to take the shackles off software bundles "For users tired of buying PCs with software they don't want or don't need, two small developers have teamed up to create an attractive option": The MediaToll content-management system.
- 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."
- Australia: Cantech Online: GTV 9 Perth Major Australian television station runs Linux refund story: 5 meg .avi file download.
- New Zealand: NZInfoTech: UniForum plans NZ Windows campaign "New Zealand Unix operating system lobby group UniForum is planning a national "Windows Refund Day" for the Microsoft operating system on February 15..."
- Wired News: The Non-Refundable Refund "Microsoft may be colluding with PC makers to make Windows refunds impossible, or near impossible. At least that's what a number of consumers are saying who have tried to get their refunds. And some lawyers are beginning to agree."
- ZDNet: ZDNews: Does Microsoft owe you money?
- Newsbytes News Network: LinuxMall Promotes Windows Refund
- TV: ABC affiliate KGO-TV Channel 7 News
- Linux Today: Windows Refund Madness
- CNET News.com: Group of PC users wants Windows refund Describes refund campaign; terms EULA clause a "loophole".
- ZDNet: PCWeek: Microsoft dismisses Windows Refund Day as 'PR stunt'
- Linux Weekly News: Monday, February 15, is Windows refund day "... it is a bit disappointing that there are not more organized groups out there."
- 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.
- USA Today: 'Refund Day': Another pain for Windows "Hundreds of people who bought computers preloaded with the Windows operating system plan to politely storm Microsoft offices around the world Monday and request refunds."
- 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,"
- San Francisco Examiner: Linux users unite against Microsoft
- Australia: Sydney Morning Herald, Fairfax IT News User gets Windows refund from Toshiba.
- CNN: Group seeks refunds for bundled versions of Windows Cable News Network coverage.
- ZDNet: PCWeek: Group balks at paying 'Microsoft tax,' seeks refund
- San Jose Mercury News: Mark your calendars 8th item from top.
- ZDNet: Sm@rt Reseller: Windows: Are You Due A Refund?
- Linux Today: Windows Refund Newsletter, Issue 1 available
- ZDNet: ZDNews: News Burst: Linux users to MS: We want our refund
- NewsAlert.com: Reuters: French FinMin confirms probing Microsoft
- Network World: Kearn's column: Get rid of Windows, and get your money back!
- San Francisco Chronicle: Fans of Linux Plan to March on Microsoft
- ZDNet UK: Linux users to MS: We want our refund Concise, detailed piece on formation of San Francisco Bay Area refund initiative.
- LA Times: G'Day, Microsoft Foes Bennett's refund saga with Toshiba Australia, and the foundation of Windows Refund Day.
- InfoWorld: Group seeks refunds for bundled versions of Windows
- San Francisco Chronicle: Windows Refund Day Momentum Builds
- ZDNet AnchorDesk: Does Microsoft Owe You a Refund? Editor Liz Enbysk says: "Go for the refund!"
- The Times, Sunday, London: Interface: US Hotlines 3rd story down from top: "MICROSOFT is facing an embarrassing and potentially costly confrontation ..."
- ZDNet: Sm@rt Reseller: Microsoft: Windows Refund Day Just A 'PR Stunt'
- Detroit News: Linux users unite to get refund from Microsoft Edited reprint of Raleigh News & Observer piece.
- TechWeek: Users of an OS other than Windows are seeking refunds for pre-loaded software
- CNN: Interactive: Windows license opens door for Linux refund Reprint of 99-1-21 LinuxWorld piece.
- NY Times: Linux Users Going Straight to Microsoft Second of 3 short articles on one page.
- Wired News: Geeks to MS: We Don't Do Windows Coverage of the Microsoft Refund Day event, by an on-the-spot reporter.
- The Mac Observer: Get A Refund On Windows If You Don't Use It
- ZDNet: ZDNews: MS: Windows refund a 'PR stunt'
- Newsalert.com: ADVISORY/Worldwide Protests Against Microsoft Corporation Scheduled for Monday, Feb. 15
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