Entry 15273 (Berkeley CSUA MOTD)

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2025/05/25 [General] UID:1000 Activity:popular

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1999/1/21-23 [Computer/SW/OS/Windows] UID:15273 Activity:nil

1/21    reject your preloaded capitalist redmond OS!
        http://linuxmafia.com/refund

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3/25    It's strange that only every other Windows version is a hit.
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        2000:   flop
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12/23   http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/22/uc-berkeley-google-apps
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linuxmafia.com/refund -> linuxmafia.com/refund/Everyone should assemble at the nearest of our four "Posse" assembly points, from which we will carpool/caravan at 10 AM. Posse organizers and parade marshals will do briefings and check-ins prior to the carpool, and you won't want to miss the t-shirts. Please include if you can offer or are in need of a ride! Please note that the BART parking lot is for BART patrons. We are encouraging everyone to stick together and present a calm and polite, but firm, request for our refund. If you are seeking a refund, we expect you to provide some documentation for the fact that you are not using the Microsoft products you are returning. Bring your computer if you can schlep it, but if you choose not to bring the computer, please bring a copy of your non-Microsoft OS, a printout of your partition table, name tag or raffle ticket from a free OS event, or something else to substantiate that you aren't just a random copyright violator looking for a handout. If you try to use this event as an excuse to actually use Microsoft products in violation of applicable licenses, we will 22 help Microsoft hunt you down and prosecute you to the full extent of the law. If you are not seeking a refund, and simply want to come along for the spectacle, that's fine too. We request that you not get in the way of people getting their refunds, and that you act politely to Microsoft employees and to the media. We will make further information on handling the media available here, since we want to present our OSs of choice in the best possible light without embarassing Microsoft, since they are only giving us the refunds we want. We have received a lot of positive interest in this event, so we are recruiting "parade marshals" to help keep everyone together and peaceful. This will be an orderly event and we don't want anyone to get hurt. The Open Directory Project's 27 Windows Refund category. The 28 Windows Refund Center site that started the campaign, and is an excellent central information resource. Visit the 29 refund-news site: sign up for the Windows Refund Newsletter. The 34 Bay Area FreeBSD community plans to turn out in force. Japanese PC users will be coordinated through Hiroyuki Nishimura's 40 Windows Refund Day site, which in its first two days attracted 2000 visitors. The 43 New Zealand Refund Site is being run by Dr Anand Venkataraman.