[ubuntu-uk] EU-topia? No Windows in EU ? Should we contribute?
Sakjur
sakjur at gmail.com
Fri Sep 28 07:20:48 BST 2007
2007/9/27, Kris Douglas <webbox.uk at gmail.com>:
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> On 27/09/2007, Tony Arnold <tony.arnold at manchester.ac.uk> wrote:
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> > Kris,
> >
> > On Thu, 2007-09-27 at 18:23 +0100, Kris Douglas wrote:
> > >
> > > On 27/09/2007, Chris Jones <chris.jones at canonical.com> wrote:
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > Kris Douglas wrote:
> > > > No windows in the European union?
> > >
> > > No it's just a very misguided suggestion that no PC should
> > > ship with an
> > > OS pre-installed.
> > > It just means more pain for users and no gain for anyone
> > > else.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > --
> > > Chris Jones
> > > cmsj at canonical.com
> > > www.canonical.com
> > >
> > > --
> > > ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com
> > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
> > > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
> > >
> > > Agreed, but if you were in a situation where you needed a system that
> > > could connect to a domain and run an application that was associated
> > > with keeping customers money safe, would you spend ages installing an
> > > operating system, or would you go get a machine that had something
> > > installed and functioning correctly?
> >
> > This argument works for any operating system! If I had a Linux
> > application doing a similar thing, I would want to buy client machines
> > that had Linux pre-installed and just worked.
> >
> > But this is a circular argument. One reason companies go for Microsoft
> > based applications is that they can buy pre-installed clients that just
> > work. It's much harder to do for Linux. Somehow, the circle needs to be
> > broken!
> >
> > Regards,
> > Tony.
> > --
> > Tony Arnold, IT Security Coordinator, University of Manchester,
> > IT Services Division, Kilburn Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL.
> > T: +44 (0)161 275 6093, F: +44 (0)870 136 1004, M: +44 (0)773 330 0039
> > E: tony.arnold at manchester.ac.uk, H: http://www.man.ac.uk/Tony.Arnold
> >
> > --
> > ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com
> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
> > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
> >
>
> Good point, if pcworld stocked Linux systems...
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> --
> Kris Douglas
> Softdel Limited Hosting Services
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> Web: www.softdel.net
> Mail: kris at softdel.net
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>
I got one word to say: Dell...
They are offering 3 models with Ubuntu by default...
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