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  From: Alan Boldock <linux@boldenterprise.com.au>
  To  : Craig <ctreb@iweb.net.au>
        <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
  Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 22:15:57 +0930

Re: Laptops with no OS

You need to talk to Geofrey Bennett himself or read

http://www.netcraft.com.au/geoffrey/toshiba.html


----- Original Message -----
From: "Craig" <ctreb@iweb.net.au>
To: <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 6:27 PM
Subject: Laptops with no OS


> Hey all,
>
> Slightly off topic, but I was just chatting to a Gateway sales droid
> about buying a laptop without an OS or that Works garbage on it.(to
> put linux on it of course)
>
> The first thing said was about a bunding contract with microsoft, at
> which I grumbled. So he then mumbled something about it being *illegal*
> to sell a computer without an operating system! Then I got a story
> about him knowing someone (a friend?) who got done for it inadvertently.
> The urban legend bells started ringing then.
>
> Does any of this ring true in the real world? Are naked PCs really
> illegal? Or are they just trying to cover their arses w/o looking too
> bad.
>
> Not that I've looked, but I'm sure the EULAs have changed since the
> episode with Geoffrey.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Craig
>
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