Why you should not pay for extended warranty if you use Linux

Courtesy Linux Today  Thu, 12/17/2009 - 10:33

Tech-No-Media: "I have read a rather sad story today. Apparently the Best Buy Geeks squad refused to service the machine of someone who had purchased an $80 extended warranty for its netbook just because he had installed Ubuntu Linux."

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