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Australia: Cantech Online: GTV 9 Perth
Major Australian television station runs Linux refund story: 5 meg .avi file download.
http://www.cantech.net.au/plug/ch10-Mon-18011999.avi
Wired News: Geeks to MS: We Don't Do Windows
Coverage of the Microsoft Refund Day event, by an on-the-spot reporter.
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,17928,00.html
CNET News.com: Group of PC users wants Windows refund
Describes refund campaign; terms EULA clause a "loophole".
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,31227,00.html
News: LinuxMall Promotes Windows Refund
The LinuxMall website is hosting a forum for computer owners who want to obtain a refund from Microsoft for the unused copy of Windows that came with their machines.
http://www.computeruser.com/newstoday/99/01/26/news4.html
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.
http://old.lwn.net/1999/0128/
:Windows Refund Madness
Story regarding a group attempting to get a refund from Microsoft for unused copies of Windows which came with their computers.
http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=1999-01-21-006-10-NW
Slashdot: Australian Linux User Gets Windows Refund
Links to an article on the individual whose refund made it into the press, and early discussion of the larger refunds project.
http://slashdot.org/articles/99/01/18/1539214.shtml
Slashdot: Refund for Windows action
Further commentary from the early stages of the movement.
http://slashdot.org/articles/99/01/20/1213206.shtml
Exchange Windows with Linux for free
THe SSLUG (Denmark/Sweden) hosts an installfest as an alternative to other Windows Refund Day actions.
http://linuxtoday.com/stories/3077_flat.html
LA Times: G'Day, Microsoft Foes
Bennett's refund saga with Toshiba Australia, and the foundation of Windows Refund Day.
http://www.latimes.com/cgi-bin/archsearch-cgi?DBQUERY=G%27day+Microsoft+foes&DATE=last+6+months&SECT=&SORT=d%3Ah&NITEMS=25
Linux Weekly News: Monday, February 15, is Windows refund day
"... it is a bit disappointing that there are not more organized groups out there."
http://old.lwn.net/1999/0211/
Group seeks refunds for bundled versions of Windows (CNN.com)
A group that is rallying Linux, BeOS, BSD, OS/2, and NetWare users to demand a refund on Feb. 15 because of the end user license agreement wording.
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9901/22/refunds.idg/
CNN: Interactive: Windows license opens door for Linux refund
Reprint of 99-1-21 LinuxWorld piece.
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9901/25/winrefund.idg/
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..."
http://www.techweb.com/se/directlink.cgi?IWK19990125S0016
The Mac Observer--Get A Refund On Windows If You Don't Use It
Brief article regarding computer owners who are attempting to get refunds for unused copies of Windows preinstalled on their computers.
http://www.macobserver.com/news/99/january/990121/windowsrefund.html
LinuxWorld: Windows license opens door for Linux refund
Call your PC maker, not us, says Microsoft.
http://www.linuxworld.com/linuxworld/lw-1999-01/lw-01-refund.html
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."
http://www.wired.com/news/news/technology/story/17452.html
San Jose Mercury News: Mark your calendars
8th item from top.
http://www.sjmercury.com/gmsv/backups/morn012299.htm
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..."
http://www.infotech.co.nz/february_8/nxref.html
NY Times: Linux Users Going Straight to Microsoft
Second of 3 short articles on one page.
http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/01/biztech/articles/25computer-briefs.html
Fans of Linux Plan to March On Microsoft
Article relating to computer users who intend to seek a refund for unused copies of Windows sold with their machines.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1999/01/28/BU74183.DTL
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."
http://www.usatoday.com/life/lds002.htm
The Times, Sunday, London: Interface: US Hotlines
3rd story down from top: "MICROSOFT is facing an embarrassing and potentially costly confrontation ..."
http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/news/pages/tim/99/02/03/timintint02012.html?2006724
Wired News: Waiting for Windows Refund Day
Non-Refundable Refund follow-up story.
http://www.wired.com/news/news/technology/story/17442.html
ZDNet AnchorDesk: Does Microsoft Owe You a Refund?
Editor Liz Enbysk says: "Go for the refund!"
http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/story/story_3012.html
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.
http://www.zdnet.com/pcweek/stories/news/0,4153,1013852,00.html
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.
http://www.zdnet.com/pcweek/stories/columns/0,4351,387025,00.html
News: Does Microsoft owe you money?
Article attempting to attract qualifying users' attention to the possibility of participating in Windows Refund Day.
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2189833,00.html
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,"
http://www.linuxworld.com/linuxworld/lw-1999-02/lw-02-refund.html
Windows Refund Day Momentum Builds
Several hundred computer users, at the time of this article, intended to seek refunds from Microsoft for the unused operating system sold bundled with their machines.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1999/02/13/BU78605.DTL
NewsAlert.com - Reuters: French FinMin confirms probing Microsoft
Discusses one company's probe into Microsoft's behavior and claims it has found nothing warranting an antitrust trial.
http://www.newsalert.com/bin/story?StoryId=Cn:g8Wb8Ztde3mZm2ndm2&FQ=microsoft%20and%20france&SymHdl=1&Nav=na-search-&StoryTitle=microsoft%20france
Network World: Kearn's column: Get rid of Windows, and get your money back!
Describes one user who read the EULA and found a way to get refunded for an operating system he wouldn't use.
http://www.nwfusion.com/archive/1999b/0201kearns.html
ZDNet: ZDNews: News Burst: Linux users to MS: We want our refund
A brief article on northern California Linux users who plan to rally at company's office to "present a calm and polite, but firm, request for [a] refund."
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,s2070548,00.html
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."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/279926.stm
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