[ubuntu-za] Tilting at Windows

[helge.reikeras at gmail.com]

H Michael

Can you please explain a bit more which part of the CPA would require a
retailer to offer equipment without OS pre-installed?

Helge

On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Michael Graaf <graaf.michael at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I have long made a habit, when speaking to computer salespersons, of
> asking whether they offer the option of machines without Windows
> pre-installed (or with the option of a refund if Windows is shown to
> have been deleted), just to give them the impression that there is a
> demand for such. Surprise, surprise... negligible headway. But the
> recent passing of the Consumer Protection Act in SA set me thinking. I
> suspect that not offering such options is now illegal here. So we need a
> test case, or else a declaratory court order, or something of that
> sort.
>
> I am currently in KZN where there is no active LUG, but I know that
> there is a good Legal Resource Centre which is mandated (by its funders)
> to tackle public-interest cases. They have branches in other centres. It
> seems to me that they would be receptive if approached by a "party" (in
> legal jargon) which has "locus standi" (grounds for launching a case) -
> either a customer who was refused such an option (who then sues the
> merchant as a test case, setting a precedent) or group such as a LUG
> which under the banner of "class interest" could seek a declaratory
> order that all merchants are instructed to obey the law (I think that's
> what happened in Italy a while back).
>
> Feedback?
>
> Michael
>
>
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