A switcher story: Ubuntu to Windows

[Corey Burger]

On 8/27/06, Scott Dier <dieman at ringworld.org> wrote:
> I'm guessing its more likely to be bad capacitors if it was just 'bam,
> lockup' than anything.  I've had to work on about 60 machines (out of
> 300) with that particular issue so far.  Ugh.  Just depends on when you
> bought the machines and who from. (ie: did they go with the slightly
> cheaper parts)

Despite his stated claim of Ubuntu killing his hardware being dubious
at best, I think he does have some valid points. We should be careful
about attacking a switcher merely because this blame mistaken things
on Ubuntu.

Corey