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I think that Department of Justice case
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has made people aware of the fact that
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you should at least look for alternatives to Microsoft.
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and maybe Microsoft isn't the American dream after all
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and that kind of shifting perception
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you can very clearly see
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that people just took Microsoft for granted
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and maybe they're still buying Microsoft but at least
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they're kind of more aware of the issue these days
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Microsoft actually uses Linux as defense
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They used Linux to ground a claim
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that they don't have a monopoly
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because Linux could essentially
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push them off their catbird seat at any time.
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It was a very ingenious argument,
totally specious
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because it didn't
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do anything to answer the charge
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that they had previously engaged in
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bullying and various anti-competitive practices.
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but it was clever of them
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And, in an event, the judge didn't buy it
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While ordinarily we in the Linux community are
rather worried about
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letting Microsoft become the issue,
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but there was a Slashdot article
about December of '98
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where a fellow named Matt at the noodle
had pointed out that...
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the, a gentleman in Australia has managed
to receive a refund for
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the unused copy of Windows that
came with his computer.
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So he declared the 19th of January, was it January?
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err, no, It was February. It was February.
Oh, I'm sorry, the 19th of February...
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he declared 19th of February
Windows Refund Day.
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and he encouraged everyone to go to
the computer manufacturers,
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and return their unused copies of Windows...
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as it was specified in the
Windows End-User License Agreement.
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It's important to remember that
in the License itself, it says that