[Cialug] Microsoft Lawsuit etc and so forth

[Dave Crouse]

http://www.iowamicrosoftcase.com/pdfs/StandardInstructions.pdf
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The deadline for mailing your Claim Form or submitting your Claim Form
online is December 14, 2007.

After your claim is approved, you will receive a cash payment that
will be worth $16 for each
copy, license or version of Windows or MS-DOS included in your claim;
$29 for each
copy, license or version of Office; $25 for each copy, license or
version of Excel; and $10
for each copy, license or version of Word, Works Suite or Home
Essentials 97 and 98.
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You may file your claim online if you are not a volume licensee and/or
an Iowa state or local government and your claim does not exceed $200.
You do not need to provide any additional documents or proof about
your software for your initial $100 claim. You may file online for up
to another $100 in claims (for a total claim not to exceed $200) if
you are able to provide the Product Identification Numbers for the
Microsoft products over the initial claim of $100.

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On 9/26/07, Matthew Nuzum <newz at bearfruit.org> wrote:
> Here's the URL: http://www.iowamicrosoftcase.com/
>
> The forms are in PDF format... I'd think MS would use the new XML Word
> Doc format so that you'd have to use Word 2007 to get them.
>
> On 9/26/07, Josh More <morej at alliancetechnologies.net> wrote:
> > A group of us were talking over lunch about the Microsoft settlement.  I
> > know that some companies are pursuing this and others are ignoring it
> > due to complexities.  I thought I'd share some of what I've recently
> > learned in the hopes that it would help others.
> >
> > 0) It covers Windows, Dos, Office, Word, Excel, Works, and "Home
> > Essentials" that are sold FOR USE IN IOWA.  It doesn't matter where you
> > bought them, just where you use them.
> >
> > 1) Both home users and businesses are affected.
> >
> > 2) If you're a home user, you get nice happy cash from Microsoft.  To
> > claim over $100 you need proof of purchase and/or license codes.
> >
> > 3) If you're a business user, you don't get cash.  You get product
> > vouchers instead.
> >
> > 4) If you're a business user, you can have Microsoft scan your eOpen
> > account and send you the appropriate vouchers.  This, of course, would
> > entail you to trust the company sending you money to accurately scan and
> > report the data on you that they are holding.  Hands up, everyone who
> > trusts Microsoft.
> >
> > Here is where it gets interesting
> >
> > 5) OEM products are included, so if you bought a PC and got Windows or
> > Office with it, you can claim it.
> >
> > 6) The registered user gets to claim the money, so if you re-purchased
> > a machine you're out of luck.  However, if you sold or threw away a
> > machine... since 1994... you're covered.  (Good luck finding the codes
> > though).
> >
> > 7) "Microsoft Products" means "non-custom software that can be
> > installed on a desktop, laptop, or tablet PC" as well as "a new desktop,
> > laptop, or tablet PC" and "printers, scanners, keyboards, monitors, and
> > pointing devices".
> >
> > 8) "Microsoft Products" does not cover Microsoft training, sorry.
> >
> > So, in a nutshell, cash is king, but you can take the MS vouchers and
> > buy brand new shiny hardware with them.  That's hardware that costs MS
> > money as opposed to their software that really doesn't.  That's cool
> > right?
> >
> > .
> > .
> > .
> >
> > Also, remember a while ago when Microsoft signed a deal with Novell?
> > That one where Microsoft can offer copies of Novell Linux through their
> > existing sales arm?  Think that counts as "non-custom software that can
> > be installed on a desktop, laptop, or tablet PC"?  The folks at
> > Microsoft didn't have a good answer for me, but if you get a voucher,
> > please give it a whirl.  I'd love to know.
> >
> > If you want to have the fun of talking of Microsoft lawyer people, you
> > too can call 1-877-477-0960.  If you're a business, you will want to hit
> > '9' after dialing.
> >
> > Enjoy,
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -Josh More, RHCE, CISSP, NCLP, GIAC
> >  morej at alliancetechnologies.net
> >  515-245-7701
> >
> >
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