[Ubuntu-be] Action detaxe en Belgique - "detaxe" actie in Belgie

[Jan Claeys]

Op donderdag 14-12-2006 om 18:22 uur [tijdzone +0100], schreef Nicolas
Pettiaux:
> > Actually, these days many computers come with software at a negative
> > price, where the software vendor pays the computer manufacturer to
> > include an older or limited version of their (Windows-based) software.
> >
> > If you list the price of Windows, you would also have to list and deduct
> > the money offered by those companies?  (They won't offer this money if
> > there is no Windows on the PC!)
> 
> have you got some evidence of this ? have you got some figures ?
> How have you learned this ? 

I guess I've read that so many times over the last 6 years that I'm
surprised you never heard about it.   :-)

Why do you think there is always a "free" copy of software from one of
the large anti-virus companies with only a 1 to 3 months subscription
included, while this software is proven to be the worst over and over
again?  Several other and *much* better antivirus companies already
offer their software (almost) for free, and with cheaper subscription
schemes.

If Packard Bell or one of the other well-known consumer brands (or very
large supermarket house-brands like Walmart's) include your software
exclusively, a relatively large number of buyers will buy yearly
subscriptions if after those 3 months you show them a dialog with "your
computer is at great risk now, please click here to buy a new
subscription and be safe again".

(You can call this an extreme case of "razor & blade marketing".)


I'm not sure this happens in Belgium, because we're a small market and
because I'm not sure if this is actually allowed by law, but it sure
happens in the US and the UK and many other countries...


-- 
Jan Claeys