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Man slaps Microsoft with $600m lawsuit for yanking Windows 7 off his PC
Frank Dickman, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, filed a lawsuit on Wednesday seeking damages from both Microsoft and CEO Satya Nadella for what were termed “civil rights violations” that occurred when his Asus laptop was automatically updated from Windows 7 to Windows 10.
He seeks either a new copy of Windows 7 or $600m.
(Well, the lawsuit states “$6,000,000,000.00 (six hundred million dollars)” – so take your pick, $6bn or $600m.)
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According to the complaint – submitted to the US district court in Denver, Colorado – the trouble for Dickman began when his Asus 54L notebook, which had been shipped with Windows 7, updated to Windows 10 and “became non-functional immediately.”
Now, Dickman wants to downgrade from Windows 10 back to Windows 7 via a digital download and activation code from Microsoft.
To get it, he says he is willing to sue both Microsoft and Nadella himself.
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