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  From: Nick <nick@sux.com>
  To  : linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au
  Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 20:10:26 +1030 (CST)

Re: Buying a workstation

thats weird, i used to work for microbits... (hangs head) a cpl of years
ago, they never used to have that policy, it was pretty much if u asked
for no software, they give u no software.. the testing was done by dos
boot disk then for the burn in.. but then, at that time, kylie wasnt in
sales i dont think :)

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Nick nick@sux.com
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On Tue, 25 Jan 2000, David Newall wrote:

> > Today I had a phone call from Kylie to tell me that Microbits would not 
> > sell me a computer unless I paid for another copy of NT 4.0 that they would 
> > supply.
> 
> I'm no lawyer but I suspect this is a restraint of free trade and is not
> legal under South Australian law.  If you otherwise like the machine then
> insist that they provide it with no OS.  Speak to ACCC when they refuse.
> 
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