[ubuntu-uk] Race Online 2012 - lets give EVERYONE buying a second user PC a chance to try Linux.

[alan c]

On 22/05/11 11:28, Martin Houston wrote:
[...]
> Microsoft is clearly going to want to put a lid on free thinking like
> this so we need to start a public clamour for it so they can't stop
> their 'Authorized Refurbishers' form giving into public demand.

I believe in the public mind the 'L' word is firmly fixed as for geeks 
only, and this is heavily reinforced by proprietary vested interests. 
If you consider something without the Linux word such as 'Ubuntu', 
then the public interest starts with a rolling success story. Much 
more difficult for the poisonous opposition comment 'Linux is only 
for geeks'


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alan cocks
Ubuntu user