MESSAGE
| DATE | 2003-07-06 |
| FROM | Mike Richardson - NYLXS VICE PRESIDENT
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| SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] Re: Microsoft EULA is "hear say" according to last
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Adam, bring this up at the general meeting on Tuesday.
On Sun, 6 Jul 2003, Ruben I Safir wrote:
>
> Say -
>
> I don't see how a boycott will help or how we can achieve our ends through it.
>
> Besides, it's too late :)
>
> You already purchased one :)
>
> Ruben
>
> On 2003.07.02 21:30 Adam Kosmin wrote:
> > Ruben,
> >
> > In addition, I think it's time to pull out whatever big guns exist
> > and go for broke on this one. I'd like to see NYLXS stand behind
> > this one by calling for an official boycott of TAIS until the
> > following issues have been satisfied.
> >
> > 1. An favorable response is received to the issues outlined in the
> > following petition (~ 500 signatues so far)
> >
> > http://www.petitiononline.com/wrp4tais/petition.html
> >
> > 2. TAIS issues me a refund for the unused copies of the Microsoft
> > operating systems that came preinstalled on my portege 2000.
> >
> > As stated above, I believe this effort should coincide with my
> > continued effort to see this resolved in court.
> >
> >
> > Adam
> > Ruben Safir (ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com) wrote:
> > " This is why I think our next step is to call the atoney generals
> > " office and investigate the judge. He must be on the take
> > "
> > "
> > " Ruben
> > "
> > " On Wed, Jul 02, 2003 at 06:59:08PM -0400, Adam Kosmin wrote:
> > " > Noel,
> > " > I appreciate this information very much and will call on Saturday.
> > " > Ruben will be interested in hearing this as well so I think it's
> > " > best if I cc: him. He almost had a nervous breakdown when I told him
> > " > about this.
> > " >
> > " > All the best,
> > " > Adam
> > " >
> > " >
> > " >
> > " >
> > " >
> > " > Noel Humphreys (noelhumphreys-at-yahoo.com) wrote:
> > " > " Sorry to hear about your misfortune. Sounds like the judge wasn't very interested.
> > " > "
> > " > " Dismissed without prejudice means that you can submit your case again.
> > " > "
> > " > " I will be at 631-821-1683 this weekend. Call me at your convenience.
> > " > "
> > " > " It isn't hearsay, but of course you couldn't know that. I'll help you figure out how to get the evidence in.
> > " > "
> > " > " Use my e-mail at nhumphreys-at-connellfoley.com. Thanks.
> > " > "
> > " > " Adam Kosmin wrote:
> > " > " Hello Noel,
> > " > " As promised, here is the latest. I would really appreciate having an
> > " > " opportunity to hear your thoughts on this. Can we scheule a time to
> > " > " talk?
> > " > "
> > " > " Best,
> > " > " Adam Kosmin
> > " > "
> > " > "
> > " > " ----- Forwarded message from Adam Kosmin -----
> > " > "
> > " > " Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 22:38:21 -0400
> > " > " To: hangout-at-nylxs.com
> > " > " Cc: Adam Kosmin
> > " > " From: Adam Kosmin
> > " > " Subject: Microsoft EULA is "hear say" according to last night's Judge
> > " > " X-GPG-Key: http://windowsrefund.net/akosmin-pubkey.asc
> > " > " X-GPG-Fingerprint: 11C2 79F6 BD3D 3A86 5640 3DA0 3860 B30E 711D 3B66
> > " > " User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i
> > " > "
> > " > " Last night's verdict on my case against Toshiba: Dismissed without
> > " > " prejudice.
> > " > "
> > " > " The fatal blow came when I attempted to submit my copy of the Microsoft
> > " > " End User License Agreement (EULA) which provides the provision for a
> > " > " refund, and Toshiba's lawyer objected claiming that the license was
> > " > " "hear say". Of course, I explained that although this was not THE
> > " > " license that shipped with my bundled software (it is impossible to
> > " > " extract the license from an OS that was never booted), it was an exact copy of
> > " > " the language that could be found in the EULA and therefore, provided the
> > " > " foundation for my claim.
> > " > "
> > " > " The Judge accepted the objection since no "expert witness" was present
> > " > " (Microsoft?) to verify the language of the EULA that I wished to submit
> > " > " into evidence and things went downhill from there.
> > " > "
> > " > " I am currently investigating whether or not I will be able to resubmit
> > " > " the case in light of the "without prejudice" ruling and will keep the
> > " > " group involved. You can be absolutely assured that I will continue this
> > " > " fight using all resources available.
> > " > "
> > " > " Best,
> > " > " Adam Kosmin
> > " > "
> > " > " --
> > " > " # chown -R linux.GNU world
> > " > "
> > " > "
> > " > "
> > " > " ----- End forwarded message -----
> > " > "
> > " > " --
> > " > " # chown -R linux.GNU world
> > " > "
> > " > "
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