This is why I only use & support Free & Open Source Software in my personal life. This man is going to prison. Prison.
"A California man who built a sizable business out of recycling electronic waste is headed to federal prison for 15 months after a federal appeals court in Miami rejected his claim that the “restore disks” he made to extend the lives of computers had no financial value, instead ruling that he had infringed Microsoft’s products to the tune of $700,000."
@tinker The whole reason I got into linux and open source was because I was broke and needed a new computer. I found one at Free Geek, a computer non-profit recycler, which refurbishes old computers. They only put Xubuntu on them. I was worried that Linux was going to be too hard for me, but I really needed a cheap computer so I took the chance. They said they used Linux specifically so they wouldn't have to pay Microsoft! Linux wasn't too hard to learn and now I love it.
