[ubuntu-my] Dell Malaysia Ubuntu

[Donald P Kong]

herein lies the problem where our younger generation are obsessed with
games on their computers and handphones. also, the education system is
partly to blame for their lack of initiative in exploring new technology
in operating systems.

at this rate, we can only expect the bulk of future malaysians to be
merely computer operators.

one cannot blame computer retail shops as their role in the industry is
purely *trading* ie. they only SELL what the customer wants and worry
about the profit margin. calling themselves IT companies is a joke.

as to manufacturers not pre-installing Linux on their laptops, it's also
market forces at play. in other advanced countries where consumer rights
is powerful, buyers can demand the major vendors to sell computers
without unwanted software which has brought up the cost. our government
is very far behind in terms of consumer rights (or any rights for that
matter :P)

whose job is it to change the malaysian mindset?



On Thu, 2008-08-14 at 09:23 +0800, Katie Kitty wrote:
> But the problem we have now is malaysia refuse to try linux and keep
> on think that linux is hard or linux cannot play games  etc.
> 
> also, i found that there is a lot of manufacturer refuse to
> pre-install linux into the laptop they produce.
> while for those shop, even when they say in the pricelist said the
> laptop comes with linux, but when the customer get the laptop, it is
> always either empty or it is installed with pirated copy of windows.
> 
> if malaysian mindset do not change, it is also quite hard for us to
> promote this wonderful free software to them...
> 
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