Submission + - Illegal software bundeling: the French complicity
Brent FRERE writes: "I fight against DELL since 2001 to get a second laptop without bundled OS. They refused me this second delivery, against E.U. and applicable local laws (France). Here is the full story and the recognisation by the french autorities (DGCCRF) of their illegal policy giving a competitive advantage to the Redmond OS because it is supposed "more suitable for the customers" and "the easiest of use".
This is french-centric, however very useful to fight against similar behaviors in other E.U. states, as well as to justify to not allow software patents in Europe, at least until the market bias caused by those kind of illegal complicities vanished.
The site is in French. Help is welcome to translate it. Thank you.
http://BFrere.net/VCF"
