<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 22/06/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Andrew Swinn</b> <<a href="mailto:andrew@swinndesign.com">andrew@swinndesign.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Andre Mangan wrote:<br>><br>><br>> On 21/06/07, *Andrew Swinn* <<a href="mailto:andrew@swinndesign.com">andrew@swinndesign.com</a><br>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:andrew@swinndesign.com">andrew@swinndesign.com
</a>>> wrote:<br><br>> Since you have appended your comments to my posting of the article from<br>> the Sydney Morning Herald, I feel obliged to respond.<br>><br>> I am at a loss to see any connection between your comments and what I
<br>> posted. Perhaps you intended to respond to someone else.<br>><br>> I posted the article because it made me laugh when I read it and I<br>> wanted to share this piece of (ironic) humour with you all.<br>
<br>I do see the humour, but these other responses:<br><br>> I can verify that it works. Don't even get asked for verification to get the<br>> downloads that otherwise need it on my windows pc</blockquote><div><br>
That one came about due to misinterpretation. The newspaper article referred to an Ubuntu installation being verified as genuine not a Windows one.<br></div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
> I understand the website checks if you are running an unlicenced copy<br>> of Windows. As Ubuntu is not an unlicenced copy of windows it passes.</blockquote><div><br>Perhaps that is a good explanation of the events described in the Herald article.
</div><br></div>Meanwhile, have you heard the one about .....<br><br>One last thing, Andrew: In November last year you kindly steered me in the right direction after I asked you about virtualisation. I had a number of Windows-based programs that I needed and you suggested VMware. I could not come to grips with VMware at that time but several months ago embraced VirtualBox. Now I can run PhotoImpact (which I need for processing graphics for web sites) in XP as guest, with Ubuntu being the host. The other programs I asked the list members about I am running in CrossOverLinux even though one of them (MailWasherPro) has since been written for Ubuntu and other Linux distros. It all turned out to be so easy and I really like Ubuntu. So, Andrew, and all those who helped me on the path ... thank you.
<br><br>Cheers,<br>Andre<br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><a href="mailto:andremangan@gmail.com">andremangan@gmail.com</a>