French man sues ACER Computers for binding MS Windows XP to laptop and wins!

[merlin56]

I got the news from the Register this morning. Please refer to my blog post for more details:
http://xenh12-linuxcity.blogspot.com...t-windows.html

This could well create a precedent, and be like a new sign that Europe is now starting to put an end to Microsoft monopoly. There's a petition (in French), addressed to the the French government and to the EU commission here:
http://www.racketiciel.info/index.php?petition=4
(supported - not led - by Mandriva)

Also a pdf of the judgment at:
http://perso.libre-zone.net/fichiers/jugement.pdf

[yanom]

Re: French man sues ACER Computers for binding MS Windows XP to laptop and wins!

I couldn't read your blog, it gave me an error saying "page not found"