Microsoft HQ Got Stormed #Shorts

[ryan]

The issue wasn't that it was installed with Windows. The issue was that the price of the computer they bought included the cost of a Windows key. Meaning they were forced to pay for a Windows key they didn't want.

[EmeraldWolfYT]

“I don’t know, ask your mom.”
“I don’t know, ask your father.”

[Mido_]

What excuse did the computer manufactuers use to tell the customers to talk to Microsoft?
"Uhm, Microsoft forced us to preinstall their system, we had no choice"?

[slebetman]

People did actually get refunds. That’s how we discovered that manufacturers were paying only around $10 for each copy of Windows when it sold for more than $100 retail. People got between $5-$20 for refunds so it wasn’t worth going through the refund process

[tumpech]

Wait, how can an EULA be enforced when you didn't use the software? You are not an End User. You cannot accept an EULA if you do not even start the OS. Did they signed an EULA when they bought the computer? If not, the only "End Users" in this case are the distributors.

[charlest]

This was more of an issue back then because it wasn't far from memory when you'd buy a PC from IBM and you would have options of different operating systems that you would load with a floppy disk. This was well within the capacity of people interested in Linux back then and they understood that. It was only recently that you were forced to use one operating system around the middle of the decade.

[Klingon]

This was called the ‘Microsoft Tax’ because you were charged for a windows license whether you wanted it or not. Fortunately many OEMs started offering options to purchase computers without the MS tax due to this movements actions and some like Dell even offered an option to have Linux pre-installed.

[ItalianSkeletonGaming]

"Storm the Microsoft HQ, they can't stop all of us!" the Linux protesters, probably

[lesto]

Correction: in Italy is mandatory that the manufacturer refund windows license, and it is actually a simple process (because it is mandated by law).

[theakbars]

The last time Linux users went outside

[arthurkallinen]

This could actually be interesting to take up with eu as competition advance & customer protection problem

[enginerdy]

IIRC, Microsoft was preventing the manufacturers from selling machines without an OS, using their pricing negotiations as leverage.

[watb]

they were the unsung hero that made PC still available so you can build it yourself. Just like what people fought for thr bill so you can repair your own electronic devices.

[HeisenbergFam]

Imagine if someone recreate area 51 raid, where 2 million people were supposed to raid, but this time with Microsoft HQ

[cakedon]

michael mjd has already bestowed his knowledge on us

[jackthesmack]

Damn. You know it’s bad when Linux users have to leave their basement

[TheOriginalJphyper]

Wait, they're complaining about receiving Windows 98, one of their few GOOD operating systems?

[mfaizsyahmi]

Did you know that Microsoft used to be the largest consumer Unix OS developer? Xenix was really popular as it can run consumer grade PCs in the 80s, before MS pivoted hard towards MSDOS and Windows.

It was said that had Linus Torvalds happened to have bought his x86 PC with Xenix preinstalled he wouldn't have bothered writing Linux.

[wait_wha]

Linux users when the their toaster runs on eletricity instead of Linux 😲😲😲😲😲

[Ojman]

That day was called Microsoft refund day