[ubuntu-uk] Windows makes PCs cheaper to buy! ... we need to respond [Dell crapware]

John Taylor john.68taylor at btinternet.com
Sat Jun 30 16:19:21 BST 2007


Alec Wright wrote:
> On Sat, 2007-06-30 at 13:11 +0100, Mark Harrison wrote:
>   
>> I think we ought to be making a far bigger play of the whole "Crapware" 
>> thing, which has done a great job of introducing hidden costs to running 
>> Windows
>>     
> I expect people will start making crapware for ubuntu soon, with ads on
> the desktop. Or maybe a seperate crapware submenu in the apps menu :)
>
> Or: Make the smallest windows installation possible on the hard drive,
> and completely fill it with crapware. Make ubuntu reformat that
> partition to swap on first boot up :)
>   
Don't be cynical now

John
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