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Coverage of the Microsoft Refund Day event, by an on-the-spot reporter.
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,17928,00.html

Describes refund campaign; terms EULA clause a "loophole".
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,31227,00.html

A group that is rallying Linux, BeOS, BSD, OS/2, and NetWare users to demand a refund on Feb. 15 because of the end user license agreement wording.
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9901/22/refunds.idg/

Reprint of 99-1-21 LinuxWorld piece.
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9901/25/winrefund.idg/

"...don't expect any money while Microsoft and the Justice Department do battle in court. If Microsoft loses, however, look for "lawsuits coming out of the woodwork..."
http://www.techweb.com/se/directlink.cgi?IWK19990125S0016

Brief article regarding computer owners who are attempting to get refunds for unused copies of Windows preinstalled on their computers.
http://www.macobserver.com/news/...anuary/990121/windowsrefund.html

Call your PC maker, not us, says Microsoft.
http://www.linuxworld.com/linuxw...rld/lw-1999-01/lw-01-refund.html

"Microsoft may be colluding with PC makers to make Windows refunds impossible, or near impossible. At least that's what a number of consumers are saying who have tried to get their refunds. And some lawyers are beginning to agree."
http://www.wired.com/news/news/technology/story/17452.html

8th item from top.
http://www.sjmercury.com/gmsv/backups/morn012299.htm

"New Zealand Unix operating system lobby group UniForum is planning a national "Windows Refund Day" for the Microsoft operating system on February 15..."
http://www.infotech.co.nz/february_8/nxref.html

Second of 3 short articles on one page.
http://www.nytimes.com/library/t.../articles/25computer-briefs.html

Article relating to computer users who intend to seek a refund for unused copies of Windows sold with their machines.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/ar...e/archive/1999/01/28/BU74183.DTL

"Hundreds of people who bought computers preloaded with the Windows operating system plan to politely storm Microsoft offices around the world Monday and request refunds."
http://www.usatoday.com/life/lds002.htm

3rd story down from top: "MICROSOFT is facing an embarrassing and potentially costly confrontation ..."
http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/ne...2/03/timintint02012.html?2006724

Non-Refundable Refund follow-up story.
http://www.wired.com/news/news/technology/story/17442.html

Editor Liz Enbysk says: "Go for the refund!"
http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/story/story_3012.html

"For users tired of buying PCs with software they don't want or don't need, two small developers have teamed up to create an attractive option": The MediaToll content-management system.
http://www.zdnet.com/pcweek/stories/news/0,4153,1013852,00.html

Editor-in-chief & columnist Eric Lundquist, at the end of his column, gives a brief rationale for Windows refunds and mentions Refund Day.
http://www.zdnet.com/pcweek/stor...es/columns/0,4351,387025,00.html

Article attempting to attract qualifying users' attention to the possibility of participating in Windows Refund Day.
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2189833,00.html

Via IDG News Service. "We expect Microsoft to take a stack of checks, stick them in the laser printer and do the right thing,"
http://www.linuxworld.com/linuxw...rld/lw-1999-02/lw-02-refund.html

Several hundred computer users, at the time of this article, intended to seek refunds from Microsoft for the unused operating system sold bundled with their machines.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/ar...e/archive/1999/02/13/BU78605.DTL

Discusses one company's probe into Microsoft's behavior and claims it has found nothing warranting an antitrust trial.
http://www.newsalert.com/bin/sto...h-&StoryTitle=microsoft%20france

Describes one user who read the EULA and found a way to get refunded for an operating system he wouldn't use.
http://www.nwfusion.com/archive/1999b/0201kearns.html

A brief article on northern California Linux users who plan to rally at company's office to "present a calm and polite, but firm, request for [a] refund."
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,s2070548,00.html

"Windows may be on more than 90 per cent of the world's Personal Computers, but a growing campaign takes to the streets on Monday to keep the Microsoft Operating System (OS) in its box."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/279926.stm

The LinuxMall website is hosting a forum for computer owners who want to obtain a refund from Microsoft for the unused copy of Windows that came with their machines.
http://www.computeruser.com/newstoday/99/01/26/news4.html

Discusses WinRefund Movement on bottom 1/8 of page one; or near the top of the 1-big-page LWN.
http://old.lwn.net/1999/0128/

"... it is a bit disappointing that there are not more organized groups out there."
http://old.lwn.net/1999/0211/

Story regarding a group attempting to get a refund from Microsoft for unused copies of Windows which came with their computers.
http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=1999-01-21-006-10-NW

Links to an article on the individual whose refund made it into the press, and early discussion of the larger refunds project.
http://slashdot.org/articles/99/01/18/1539214.shtml

Further commentary from the early stages of the movement.
http://slashdot.org/articles/99/01/20/1213206.shtml

THe SSLUG (Denmark/Sweden) hosts an installfest as an alternative to other Windows Refund Day actions.
http://linuxtoday.com/stories/3077_flat.html

Bennett's refund saga with Toshiba Australia, and the foundation of Windows Refund Day.
http://www.latimes.com/cgi-bin/a...onths&SECT=&SORT=d%3Ah&NITEMS=25