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The Toshiba Standoff (Linux Journal)The Toshiba Standoff (Linux Journal)Posted Sep 15, 2002 17:53 UTC (Sun) by Baylink (guest, #755)In reply to: The Toshiba Standoff (Linux Journal) by eyal Parent article: The Toshiba Standoff (Linux Journal) > The best way to make it clear to Microsoft and Toshiba (and Sony etc.) that you don't like their licensing policy, is NOT to give them any money for their offerings. And I thought the privacy problems in the current decade were bad enough... now you tell me that Microsoft and Toshiba have people reading my mind? No, that is *not* the best approach, because *they never hear about it*. Indeed, buying the product and then forcing the conflict in license agreements to court *is* the best approach... and wasn't Microsoft enjoined against *requiring* manufacturer to ship their OS's on *all* machines anyway? Oh yeah, that's just the government; why would that make any difference to Microsoft?
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The Toshiba Standoff (Linux Journal) Posted Sep 19, 2002 2:04 UTC (Thu) by tillmanj (guest, #3764) [Link] You can add IBM to that list, with Sony & Toshiba. I was going to buy 5 Thinkpad A31p from them for my company, but was told in no uncertain terms that they would not sell them naked, and that they considered their sales contract to be tacit agreement to all EULAs. So much for the IBM loves Linux PR stunt.That sucks, because I don't know of a decent replacement for the A31p (5400 rpm HDD in particular), but I'll be damned if I'll support Microsoft. Now I wish I hadn't bought an Xserver from them either.
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