Comment Re:This is fair (Score 1) 346
Am I the only one on earth to say "no" to the vendor and get "ok" in response?
My prior employers purchased most PC hardware from Dell with OS (Win98 or NT) preinstalled. When the system arrived it was turned on for a smoke check, the cover of the OS manual torn off and filed away, and net-boot-disk reinstalled with our image for that model, and deployed.
One day the beancounters announced that they had negoiated a MS select contract and that we would no longer buy software liscenes from Dell. (actually saved a lot this way). The next time we called an order to Dell we said "skip the OS". The systems arrived with win98 anyway, but the OS charge was stricked from the bill. No tax, no threats, no problem.
My prior employers purchased most PC hardware from Dell with OS (Win98 or NT) preinstalled. When the system arrived it was turned on for a smoke check, the cover of the OS manual torn off and filed away, and net-boot-disk reinstalled with our image for that model, and deployed.
One day the beancounters announced that they had negoiated a MS select contract and that we would no longer buy software liscenes from Dell. (actually saved a lot this way). The next time we called an order to Dell we said "skip the OS". The systems arrived with win98 anyway, but the OS charge was stricked from the bill. No tax, no threats, no problem.
