Preinstalled Windows: AARGH! I can't get it off!

If a PC shipped with Windows preinstalled, can you remove the OS and install Linux instead? Well, no, according to Microsoft. A somewhat obscure Microsoft site aimed at helping schools deal with donated computers flatly states: "It is a legal requirement that pre-installed operating systems remain with a machine for the life of the machine."

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Another reason why Microsloth should get out of education, they're just nasty:

Bruce Buckelew, a retired computer professional running computer reuse facilities for Oakland schools, is at the sharp end of this one and argues: "The administration of the EULA for MS Windows 95 and Windows 98 attempts to obsolete millions of perfectly good computers by preventing the use of MS Windows products EVENTHOUGH THESE PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN PAID FOR. The effect on schools, non profits and the poor, not to mention the environment, is devastating."