On Thu, 2006-05-11 at 15:57, Guy Fraser wrote: > On Thu, 2006-11-05 at 14:46 -0400, Rickey Moore wrote: > > > You cannot even boot a new computer without agreeing to the EULA. The > > > service tech may do it in advance and you, as a user may never see it. > > > It has happened to me. > > > > As I'm finally getting an 'almost' new machine, (I stay firmly a few > > cycles behind as I am cheap!) from a local shop, how do I go about > > making sure that: > > > > 1.) ..I'm not paying MicroSoft a dime. > > 2.) ..no sneaky sneak by the dealer hiding MS somewhere in the cost of > > the system occurs. > > 3.) ..that I incur no nothng towards MS in this purchase. > > 4.) ..no smell of MS on the darddrive. > > 5.) ..that the cost of MS is backed out of this deal. > > 6.) ..I can remain the nice charitable fellow I am, being Bill Gates > > free. > > > > Any thoughts on the matter will be appreciated. Rick > > Get the parts and put it together yourself. Or if you are doing something substantial, I doubt if these guys pay anything to MS: http://www.penguincomputing.com. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx
