Cost of MS Windows License

“Lenovo ordered to pay €1920 for making French laptop buyer pay for Windows too”(TechWorld), A French laptop buyer has won a refund from Lenovo after a four-year legal battle over the cost of a Windows license he didn’t want. The judgment could open the way for PC buyers elsewhere in Europe to obtain refunds for bundled software they don’t want, French campaign group No More Racketware said Monday. (snip) Observing that “it is commonly accepted that the price of a piece of software represents 10 percent to 25 percent of the price of a computer,” the court ordered Lenovo to reimburse Petrus €120 for the software.

February 8, 2012 · Ryusuke KIKUCHI <ryusuke.kikuchi@gmail.com>