On Thu, 11 May 2006, 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. Ric > I'm not sure, although if it is a used system, and the disk drives are properly nuked and repaved to flat and barren, I would think you are good to go. My approach over the past years has been to assemble from components which I think would accomplish your goals also. Of course, IANAL, YMMV, and other disclaimers apply here. -- ============================================= If you think Education is expensive Try Ignorance Author Unknown ============================================ -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list