[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on the BBC!!!

[Liam Wilson]

Neil Greenwood wrote:
> 2009/10/21 James Milligan <lake54 at lake54.com>:
>   
>> Apologies - sent that a little early!
>>
>> He did go on to talk about it a little bit, but it did come across as
>> a geek OS, he said that 'people' just want something that works, and
>> don't have to fuss about with it.
>>
>> All in all, I do have to say that Windows 7 is very nice compared to
>> Vista.
>>
>> James
>>
>>     
>>> Did anyone else watch BBC News this morning?
>>>
>>> Whilst showing off Windows 7, the tech correspondent showed a Mac with
>>> Safari open on ubuntu.com
>>>
>>> Didn't actually mention the name etc, but said about other OSes.
>>>
>>> James
>>>
>>>       
>
> On BBC Breakfast, Rory Cellan-Jones was demonstrating multi-touch on
> Windows 7. He said he normally uses a different system, then went on
> to say that Apple were trying to spoil the launch by announcing new
> products recently, and that free software was going to celebrate the
> launch of a new Ubuntu version next week (he pronounced it right too)!
>
> Cofion,
> Neil.
>
>   
Yeah, but he also sort of played it down a bit by just dismissing it as 
"A bunch of enthusiasts trying to persuade us..." and then basically 
just dismissing it completely!

I also noticed dell has done this a little on thier Windows Vs. Ubuntu page:
http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/windows_or_ubuntu?c=uk&cs=ukdhs1&l=en&s=dhs

I also noticed it spelt programs wrong xD