FOSDEM followup: Fellowship section on reclaiming "Windows Tax"
greve
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Wednesday 07 March 2007
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During the Q&A session at the end of my
keynote at FOSDEM 2007,
some people were discussion the issue of the "Windows Tax" on all PCs
and laptops: Most vendors will not sell you hardware without Windows
licence for fear of not being able to offer any Windows licences in
the future.
The only known way to work against that tax at the moment is to ask
for reimbursement of the tax from the vendor -- a process that is not
communicated, documented, or encouraged by the vendors for obvious
reasons.
As there is no central repository for that kind of information, I
offered FSFE'S Fellowship site for the purpose, and Tim Speetjens from
Belgium was so kind to email us his
experience to seed this repository.
The repository is located at http://www.fsfe.org/refund and
we encourage you to also reclaim your Windows tax and share your
experience with others: The section can be edited by all Fellows, and
you can also send us your reports by email to fellowship@fsfeurope.org.
