[kwlug-disc] "Microsoft Tax" class action lawsuit

[Jason Eckert]

"The agreement allows consumers in Canada, without receipts, to claim
up to $250 for their Microsoft PC software, such as Windows, Office,
Word, Excel or MS-DOS, purchased between Dec. 23, 1998 and March 11,
2010."

I'm in the same boat here - I never technically "purchased" any of
these products during that period of time.

On Sun, Jan 3, 2021 at 8:50 PM Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc
<kwlug-disc at kwlug.org> wrote:
>
> Most of you are too young to remember this, but there was a time when
> free software advocates railed against Microsoft. People grumbled and
> groaned about the "Microsoft Tax" -- the extra cost of a new computer
> to pay for a Windows licence, even if the computer would be
> immediately reinstalled with Yggdrasil or SLS Linux.
>
> Well, if you paid the Microsoft Tax sometime between 1998-2010 then
> maybe you get some money back now? There was a class action lawsuit
> about it:
>
> https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/canada-class-action-settlement-microsoft-1.5840305
>
> The site to file a claim is https://www.thatsuitemoney.ca/en/home .
> The deadline to apply is Sept 23, 2021.
>
> (I am somewhat sad that I do not qualify. Maybe I shouldn't be?)
>
> - Paul
>
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