From: stryder@telenet.be.invalid   
      
   On Wednesday 01 August 2012 18:55, Maurice Batey conveyed the following   
   to alt.os.linux.mandriva...   
      
   > On Tue, 31 Jul 2012 20:55:30 +0200, Aragorn wrote:   
   >   
   >> [...] that's what the Windows certification sticker says, and this   
   >> also means that you acquit the computer manufacturer and shop from   
   >> any liability should the machine exhibit any problems while running   
   >> GNU/Linux.   
   >   
   >   That may be the legal position, but my experience has been to have   
   > faulty CPU and RAM replaced wihin a 2-year warranty period, without   
   > any reference to what OS I was running.   
      
   It remains to be seen whether they can verify that the component in   
   question is faulty.  For such simple things as a faulty CPU and RAM,   
   this can easily be ascertained, and some shops are very liberal in   
   replacing failing components at customer face value.  However, certain   
   businesses do require that the component be tested first, and depending   
   on how they test it (and what with), they may or may not hit the bug   
   that you found under GNU/Linux.   
      
   Trust me, I've been there and done that.  I was already referring   
   earlier on - in reply to Adam - to a machine I once owned, which was   
   horribly flawed in every way, and even though I had had that company   
   build that machine specifically for use with GNU/Linux - which they   
   wouldn't touch with a pole - they insisted on testing it under Windows,   
   and when I complained to them about the flaws of the machine, they   
   blamed it all on GNU/Linux and claimed that - and I quote - "everything   
   worked PERFECTLY under Windows".   
      
   The whole situation quickly got out of hand and resulted in an e-mail   
   flame fest - the flaming being done by them - and I have been on the   
   edge of taking the case to court a few times.   
      
   It's a long story, which I have already told a few times here or   
   elsewhere, so I'm trying not to get into all the details again right   
   here and right now. ;-)   
      
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   = Aragorn =   
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