[ubuntu-uk] EU-topia? No Windows in EU ? Should we contribute?

[Kris Douglas]

No windows in the European union?

Want my real opinion? I think we should keep it. Why? Because it works.

On 27/09/2007, Alec Wright <alecjw at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 2007-09-27 at 12:28 +0100, Eddie Armstrong wrote:
> > Having read the submission by the Global Institute  (PDF)
> > <http://www.globalisation.eu/publications/unbundlingmicrosoftwindows.pdf
> >
> > and this scary bit of nonsense Linux to finally kill Windows'
> > <http://diary.bluemango.in/?p=110>(who wrote this - anybody know?), I'm
> > wondering if Ubuntu-UK should add it's weight to this argument and
> > submit an 'informed' opinion to the debate.
> > What do we think about this proposal?
> >
> > My personal, unbiased opinion (to be qualified later): Is "Yes! Yes!
> > Yes! Go for it, Yerp!!!!" but then I've always been the quiet type :-)
> > Eddie
> I haven't read the rest of the thread, so i don't know if this has already
> been suggested, but I think OEMs should be allowed to ship the free,
> unlicensed 30 day trial of windows with computers, but that they should have
> to sell actual licenses separately. Then we're happy because we don't have
> to pay for windows, and windows users are happy because they only need to
> type in a registration key. Oh and we're also happy because it makes windows
> users realise just how much they're actually paying for windows. Shops are
> happy because they can advertise the computer at a lower price.
>
>
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