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

[peter_melse at gto.net]

The class action only covers retail purchases, including pre-loaded
machines iirc. 

On 2021-01-04 12:37, CrankyOldBugger wrote:

> I wonder if those of us who were in MS Technet can get our membership fees refunded?  After all, free MS licenses was the reason we joined in the first place.... 
> 
> On Sun, 3 Jan 2021 at 22:12, Doug Moen <doug at moens.org> wrote: 
> 
>> "People with MS-DOS and Windows operating systems can claim $13. Those with the Microsoft Office productivity suite are eligible for $8, while consumers with Excel, Word and applications other than Office can claim $6.50."
>> 
>> My family might be eligible for $30 or so.
>> 
>> On Sun, Jan 3, 2021, at 9:36 PM, Ronald Barnes wrote:
>>> Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc wrote on 2021-01-03 5:50 p.m.:
>>> 
>>>> (I am somewhat sad that I do not qualify. Maybe I shouldn't be?)
>>> 
>>> Or, maybe you do...
>>> 
>>> Unclaimed funds that do not go to claimants nor lawyers go back to 
>>> Microsoft.
>>> 
>>> Were you affected by Microsoft's shenanigans in the 1990s?  I'd argue 
>>> virtually every adult was, in some way, even if they had no idea of the 
>>> existence of Linux nor OS/2, etc.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I hereby deem you "Qualified" and urge you to get that sweet $250.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> rb
>>> 
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