[Ubuntu-PH] Ubuntu Linux promoted in article by Rommel Feria in Manila Bulletin

[Edu Timbol, Jr.]

Forgive me for being brash. I did not mean to sound offensive. I have
the highest respect for the people that work selflessly to advance
F/OSS, and it seems that last post of mine read like I was just
another zealot who wanted to pick a fight. My apologies to you both
and the list.


--
"Coffee is evil...a necessary evil."-

Daysleeper Ed
Registered Linux User # 398135


On 10/14/05, eric pareja <xenos at upm.edu.ph> wrote:
>
> Noong Huw, Okt 13, 2005 ng 12:13:20PM +0800, sinabi ni Edu Timbol, Jr.:
> > Maayus na sana, pero sablay sa bandang huli. Pagkatapos niyang puriin
> > ang Apple Mac sinabi n'yang, "Better hardware-software  compatibility
> > than Linux (am a bit sick and tired of figuring out how  a particular
> > device will work on my Linux box)."
>
>
> Edu, Rom is a long time Linux user, so he knows what he's talking
> about. We have to admit that it is true that overall, Macs provide
> better hardware-software compatibility, but that's because Apple has
> been consistent in keeping third-party vendors of peripherals/software
> up to their standards of integration. The trade-off is cost of that
> experience. You get what you pay for.
>
> Linux still has some way to go for that level of integration. But it
> is getting there, it isn't that far away. And that is what many of us are
> working towards.
>
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