Een zooi gebruikers van alternatieve OSsen hebben zich verenigd en zijn een actie gestart waarbij ze massaal geld terug vragen voor de bij hun systeem gepreinstallde Windoos (die ze niet nodig hebben aangezien ze een ander OS gebruiken of al een licentie hebben).
Op het Windows Refund Center vind je meer info:
You might be entitled to a refund for Microsoft Windows and any other related OEM software that may also be included if you have installed Linux, a BSD, BeOS, OS/2, NetWare, Windows NT, or another OS on a machine which came preloaded with MS-Windows*.This network of pages and web sites offer a place to learn the whys and hows, and to communicate and organize with other consumers who don't like paying the "Microsoft tax" for any OEM software they don't want and have never used on their machine. This is only an issue because so many OEMs flatly refuse to sell a machine without Microsoft's OS on it, some saying that their agreements with Microsoft require them to pay Microsoft for an OS for that machine, and include one as well. Some OEMs even go so far as to say that they may not pre-load any non-MS OS. We feel this is monopolistic, strong-arm, and restrictive of consumer choice.
