« Many universities and engineering schools provide their students with a free Microsoft Windows ® license through a partner program with Microsoft. Yet, when students buy a new computer, they also pay for another (OEM) Microsoft Windows ® license included in the computer price. Today, the French speaking Libre Software Users' Association (AFUL) launches a worldwide campaign "My University offers me my Microsoft Windows ® License" to encourage students to request a refund from good computer manufacturers (those who willingly offer such a refund). "By claiming their refund, the students will help restoring a healthy economic competition among operating systems", says AFUL. »
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