[GRLUG] Some Viruses Come Pre-Installed

[JD Walsh III]

Tim--

How would one find out if a computer manufacturer has applied for the 
sort of waiver described in your post? Is there an online 
database/clearinghouse for such things? (Applying for waivers of that 
sort seems like a very Microsoftian thing to do. They certainly have the 
manpower and the money to waste on it.)

--jd

Tim Schmidt wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 10:03 AM, john-thomas richards
> <jtr at jrichards.org> wrote:
>   
>>  This is exactly the reason.  If I knew I could restore the original OS
>>  before shipping back for a warranty repair/replacement, I would install
>>  Linux.  I would hate to have a mainboard failure rejected by HP's
>>  warranty department because I voided the warranty by installing Linux.
>>     
>
> See § 2302. Rules governing contents of warranties in Title 15,
> Chapter 50 of the US Code Collection, section (c)
>
> Also known as the Magnuson-Moss Warranties Act
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnuson-Moss_Warranty_Act):
>
> (c)  Prohibition on conditions for written or implied warranty; waiver
> by Commission
> No warrantor of a consumer product may condition his written or
> implied warranty of such product on the consumer's using, in
> connection with such product, any article or service (other than
> article or service provided without charge under the terms of the
> warranty) which is identified by brand, trade, or corporate name;
> except that the prohibition of this subsection may be waived by the
> Commission if—
> (1) the warrantor satisfies the Commission that the warranted product
> will function properly only if the article or service so identified is
> used in connection with the warranted product, and
> (2) the Commission finds that such a waiver is in the public interest.
> The Commission shall identify in the Federal Register, and permit
> public comment on, all applications for waiver of the prohibition of
> this subsection, and shall publish in the Federal Register its
> disposition of any such application, including the reasons therefor.
>
> That there means you can install whatever you damn please on your
> laptop, and if it has a hardware problem, covered under warranty, they
> have to fix it.  Windows be damned.
>
> You're welcome.
>
> --tim
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