On Thu, 28 Jul 2011, Always Learning wrote: *snip* > ... 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Websites: http://www.karsites.net http://www.php-debuggers.net http://www.raised-from-the-dead.org.uk All email addresses are challenge-response protected with TMDA [http://tmda.net] -----------------------------------------------------------------