[nzlug] 'MS Tax' versus Commerce Commission

[Robin Sheat]

On Monday 02 July 2007 18:43:28 Martin Bähr wrote:
> by popular opinion, a computer does include windows.
I think the issue is that a) it's a company with a monopoly, and so they can 
strongarm the situation easily to promote that, and b) you apparently don't 
buy windows anyway, you license it, and you can refuse the license terms in 
which case the retailer must give you what you paid back (according to the 
EULA).

But I think the first point is the most important one: the rules are different 
for monopolies.

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