On Thu, 28 Jul 2011, Always Learning wrote:
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... and do not forget to pay the GBP 90 (Euro 100, USD 150) compulsory Windoze tax on the new computer ! In England it is impossible, in my experience, to purchase a new computer from a major retailer without paying the Windoze tax.
Yes. But the Geman court, part of the EEA decided that if somebody buys a new PC with a M$ OS as part of the bundle, and they don't want the M$ OS, they can choose to resell the M$ OS onto a third party to recover the costs they paid for it.
See ebay.co.uk for examples of this.
Kind Regards,
Keith Roberts
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