Re: buying a thinkpad without microsoft is NOT POSSIBLE from IBM

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From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_gate.net)
Date: Thu Oct 17 2002 - 13:42:24 EDT

i'm not sure..
i think that as a dealer i CAN NOT and they as a seller WILL NOT..

i was thinking, while in bed this AM, what would happen if i peeled the
license tab off the bottom of a new thinkpad and returned it for credit as i
do not agree to the EULA..?! :-)

but i don't want to cause trouble between ibm and myself.. :-)

so i think i'll ask my customer what the result was in the penalty phase of
USA vs. M$ upon which they were consultants...
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Bill Morrow
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Julian" <jmw_at_ptolserv.com>
To: <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
Cc: <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 4:15 AM
Subject: Re: buying a thinkpad without microsoft is NOT POSSIBLE from IBM

On Wed, 16 Oct 2002 19:37:19 -0400, "Bill Morrow" <penzance_at_gate.net>,
wrote:

> Sadly i was wrong..
> IBM can NOT sell a thinkpad without an OS.. and M$ is the only OS
> available..
Surely, if it really is "can NOT" then that is a violation of the DoJ
settlement? I assume you mean "will NOT" ;) 

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Julian Wald

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