[ubuntu-uk] Sad but true? From the Register

[Yishay Mor]

http://www.wkowtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=9667184
"MCFARLAND (WKOW) -- Abbie Schubert paid more than $1,100 for a Dell laptop
hoping to enroll in online classes at MATC.
But something stopped her: Ubuntu."

No WKOW, something else stopped her. But that's no excuse, computers should
work for dumb people too, and everyone deserves to know what they're buying.
It doesn't matter that we all know that FF is better than IE, for some
people internet=IE, and office=M$. Dell need to explain the concept of
compatible slowly, probably using shorter words.


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2009/1/15 alan c <aeclist at candt.waitrose.com>

> Ken Robson wrote:
> >       US woman says Ubuntu can't access internet
> >       <cid:part1.08010708.05090402 at robsonfamily.co.uk<cid%3Apart1.08010708.05090402 at robsonfamily.co.uk>
> >
>
> also
> 'Worlds Dumbest Woman Blames Ubuntu for College Failure'
>
> http://www.inquisitr.com/15383/worlds-dumbest-woman-blames-ubuntu-for-college-failure/
> (photo)
>
> '.... Despite her complete and utter stupidity, help is at hand:
> Verizon has offered to dispatch a technician to assist her accessing
> the internet without the CD, and her college says it will accept any
> of her papers or class documents using whatever software she has
> installed.'
>
> --
> alan cocks
> Ubuntu user #10391
> Linux user #360648
>
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>
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