Has Ubuntu Replaced Windows on Your Box?

[Derek Broughton]

C Hamel wrote:

> On Tuesday 18 April 2006 11:15, Derek Broughton wrote:
>> C Hamel wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Tut!  That's why you keep alternate _linux_ installs.  You don't need
>> >> Windows for that :-)
>> >
>> > ...Unless, of course, he needs to get his e-mail. ;-)
>>
>> Most people these days can get their mail from any computer with a web
>> browser, but if you had a second version of Ubuntu, or any other OS, you
>> could still do that, so it still doesn't require Windows.

> ...As I stated in my previous post, using Windows is not the unpardonable
> sin
> some make it out to be.  For me, it is a matter of "what does the job". 
> See last paragraph. :-)

Sorry, I still don't get it.  He said he _had_ to keep Windows around in
case he trashed his Ubuntu install, and I pointed out that that wasn't at
all necessary.  Then you said that he'd need it to get email, and I
disagree that the OS makes any difference at all in this age of web mail. 
It's not a matter of unpardonable sins, merely whether there's a necessity.

There are many people who _do_ need Windows - it's just that reading your
email or having a base from which to reinstall your Ubuntu OS are not two
of the reasons for that necessity.
-- 
derek