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  Slashdot: Australian Linux User Gets Windows Refund - http://slashdot.org/articles/99/01/18/1539214.shtml
Links to an article on the individual whose refund made it into the press, and early discussion of the larger refunds project.
  Linux Weekly News: The Windows refund movement is snowballing - http://old.lwn.net/1999/0128/
Discusses WinRefund Movement on bottom 1/8 of page one; or near the top of the 1-big-page LWN.
  NY Times: Linux Users Going Straight to Microsoft - http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/01/biztech/articles/25computer-briefs.html
Second of 3 short articles on one page.
  Group seeks refunds for bundled versions of Windows (CNN.com) - http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9901/22/refunds.idg/
A group that is rallying Linux, BeOS, BSD, OS/2, and NetWare users to demand a refund on Feb. 15 because of the end user license agreement wording.
  The Mac Observer--Get A Refund On Windows If You Don't Use It - http://www.macobserver.com/news/99/january/990121/windowsrefund.html
Brief article regarding computer owners who are attempting to get refunds for unused copies of Windows preinstalled on their computers.
  BBC: Windows refund day dawns - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/279926.stm
"Windows may be on more than 90 per cent of the world's Personal Computers, but a growing campaign takes to the streets on Monday to keep the Microsoft Operating System (OS) in its box."
  CNET News.com: Group of PC users wants Windows refund - http://news.cnet.com/2100-1040-220452.html
Describes refund campaign; terms EULA clause a "loophole".
  CNN: Interactive: Windows license opens door for Linux refund - http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9901/25/winrefund.idg/
Reprint of 99-1-21 LinuxWorld piece.
  Exchange Windows with Linux for free - http://linuxtoday.com/stories/3077_flat.html
The SSLUG (Denmark/Sweden) hosts an installfest as an alternative to other Windows Refund Day actions.
  :Windows Refund Madness - http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=1999-01-21-006-10-NW
Story regarding a group attempting to get a refund from Microsoft for unused copies of Windows which came with their computers.
  Network World: Kearn's column: Get rid of Windows, and get your money back! - http://www.networkworld.com/archive/1999b/0201kearns.html
Describes one user who read the EULA and found a way to get refunded for an operating system he wouldn't use.
  USA Today: 'Refund Day': Another pain for Windows - http://www.usatoday.com/life/lds002.htm
"Hundreds of people who bought computers preloaded with the Windows operating system plan to politely storm Microsoft offices around the world Monday and request refunds."
  Wired News: Geeks to MS: We Don't Do Windows - http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/1999/02/17928
Coverage of the Microsoft Refund Day event, by an on-the-spot reporter.
  ZDNet: Linux users to MS: We want our refund - http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,2070548,00.htm
A brief article on northern California Linux users who plan to rally at company's office to "present a calm and polite, but firm, request for [a] refund."
  Slashdot: Refund for Windows action - http://slashdot.org/articles/99/01/20/1213206.shtml
Further commentary from the early stages of the movement.
  Linux Weekly News: Monday, February 15, is Windows refund day - http://old.lwn.net/1999/0211/
"... it is a bit disappointing that there are not more organized groups out there."
  Windows Refund Day Momentum Builds - http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1999/02/13/BU78605.DTL
Several hundred computer users, at the time of this article, intended to seek refunds from Microsoft for the unused operating system sold bundled with their machines.
  Fans of Linux Plan to March On Microsoft - http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1999/01/28/BU74183.DTL
Article relating to computer users who intend to seek a refund for unused copies of Windows sold with their machines.
  San Jose Mercury News: Mark your calendars - http://www.sjmercury.com/gmsv/backups/morn012299.htm
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