[pp.int.general] Microsoft Drafts Consumers InFightAgainstSoftware Piracy: Carrot And Stick

[Reinier Bakels]

> On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 4:49 PM, Reinier Bakels <r.bakels at planet.nl> wrote:
> > The issue (see subject line) was that MS by and large depends on forced
> > sales:
> > 1) because new computers are bundled with MS products
>
> This is is though, you aren't FORCED to use it. And in almost every
> country, you can get your refund back.
The issue was not whether you are forced to USE it, but whether you are 
forced to PAY for it. And I never heard that you can get your money back if 
you buy e.g. a laptop bundled with Windows and say you don't use it. The 
vendor certainly has  no obligation to refund you after you bought the 
software. Anyway, a large part of MS sales comes from sw bundled with new 
computers.
>
> > 2) because of tight enforcement
>
> Tight enforcement of what? By whom?
That is what this thread is about. See subject line.
>
reinier