On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 10:02 AM, Graham <[email protected]> wrote: > I deal with agencies, consultancies and clients and all through I have used > Linux machines to do my business. > Very rarely I have a stubborn customer who insists you use some Microsoft > package. > Once I go round the roundabout of complaining it doesn't work (but not > telling them why) > they will allow you to provide a solution which works and move on.
Oh, maybe I shouldn't tell anybody that I am using Linux. This is usually one of the first things I tell just to ensure the cause of the (compatibility) problem can be found faster. - But you are right, I should also pay back with a little ignorance. > Again I have a strategy for this, which basically involves installing Ubuntu > into virtualbox on whatever equipment they provide, then after a couple of > weeks setting > up dual boot and continuing with that. I never accept a job if they don't allow me to use Ubuntu. Usually they do, but then I am facing hurdles. Nothing impossible to get over, but leaving a lot of annoyances to remember or workarounds I need to do on a daily basis. I play it the other way round: My base system is Ubuntu and I have the Virtualbox-installation of Windows. > I usually avoid telling the client I have set up dual boot since this starts > the FUD again, but they usually never ask. Not sure if the next time I would prefer not to say it. Would be a problem if they then use internal stuff that is an absolute no-go for me. If I tell them first and have it as a precondition to even start working there, I have more arguments that they need to at least provide the minimum required environment to use Thunderbird for example (e.g. activating the IMAP service at the Microsoft Exchange server). Best regards, Martin. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu 4 dz, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 Title: Microsoft has a majority market share Status in Club Distro: Confirmed Status in Computer Science Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in LibreOffice Productivity Suite: New Status in dylan.NET.Reflection: Invalid Status in dylan.NET: Invalid Status in EasyPeasy Overview: Invalid Status in Ichthux - Linux for Christians: Invalid Status in JAK LINUX: Invalid Status in LibreOffice: In Progress Status in The Linux Kernel: New Status in The Linux Mint Distribution: In Progress Status in The Linux OS Project: In Progress Status in The Metacity Window Manager: In Progress Status in The OpenOffice.org Suite: In Progress Status in Tabuntu: Invalid Status in A simple player to online TV streaming: Invalid Status in Tv-Player: Invalid Status in Ubuntu Malaysia LoCo Team Meta Project: In Progress Status in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in Arch Linux: Confirmed Status in Baltix GNU/Linux: Invalid Status in “linux” package in Debian: In Progress Status in Fluxbuntu: The Lightweight, Productive, Agile OS: Confirmed Status in openSUSE: In Progress Status in Tilix Linux: New Bug description: Microsoft has a majority market share in the new desktop PC marketplace. This is a bug which Ubuntu and other projects are meant to fix. As the philosophy of the Ubuntu Project states, "Our work is driven by a belief that software should be free and accessible to all." "Ubuntu software is free. Always was, always will be. Free software gives everyone the freedom to use it however they want and share with whoever they like. This freedom has huge benefits. At one end of the spectrum it enables the Ubuntu community to grow and share its collective experience and expertise to continually improve all things Ubuntu. At the other, we are able to give access to essential software for those who couldn’t otherwise afford it – an advantage that’s keenly felt by individuals and organisations all over the world." * http://www.ubuntu.com/project/about-ubuntu/our-philosophy Non-free software leaves users at the mercy of the software owner and concentrates control over the technology which powers our society into the hands of a few. Additionally, proprietary software stifles innovation, maintains artificial scarcities, and enables malicious anti-features such as DRM, surveillance, and other monopolistic practices. This bug is widely evident in the PC industry. Steps to repeat: 1. Visit a local PC store. 2. Attempt to buy a machine without any proprietary software. What happens: Almost always, a majority of PCs for sale have Microsoft Windows pre- installed. In the rare cases that they come with a GNU/Linux operating system or no operating system at all, the drivers and BIOS may be proprietary. What should happen: A majority of the PCs for sale should include only free software. * http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html * http://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines * http://www.opensource.org/docs/osd To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/clubdistro/+bug/1/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~algeriatul Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~algeriatul More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
