Dell Gives Linux User Refund For Un-Used Windows

But what, exactly, is the point of the Zune? It seems like an awful lot of duplication [of the iPod] - in a bigger, heavier form with fewer features - just to indulg

Mitch Wagner, California Bureau Chief, Light Reading

November 9, 2006

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Dell gave one of its Linux-using customers a $105 refund for the Windows that automatically comes pre-installed on new PCs, whether you want it or not. But first the customer had to jump through a lot of hoops to get it. Dell says the refund was a "unique response" and not new policy.

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Mitch Wagner

California Bureau Chief, Light Reading

Mitch Wagner is California bureau chief for Light Reading.

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