On Sat, Feb 11, 2006 at 11:23:00AM +0000, Wayne Stallwood wrote:
On Fri, 2006-02-10 at 23:15 +0000, Adam Bower wrote:
they order one with Windows, remove it and the license sticker and try to get a refund later on
I am not sure how they would manage that. In the System Builder license terms (used to be OEM terms) MS state that once a sticker is attached to a machine there is no chance of refund for the licensed product.
Apparently they don't try very hard, the idea being to show Lenovo/IBM that they don't need the licenses in the first place. They can then use this to give them a bit more clout if they say something along the lines of "here's 50 returned licenses, can you make it easier to buy the machines we really want in the first place please?".
Thanks Adam