Yes, they are afraid of changes... And preloading those useless os are very easy like photocopying...
Regards, CL Chow "Please do not send me Microsoft Office/Apple iWork documents. Send OpenDocument instead! http://fsf.org/campaigns/opendocument/"; On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 3:54 PM, Yoon Kit Yong <[email protected]> wrote: > This is a great idea. > > Do you already have the contacts of the OEMs? > > Are they open to the idea of preloading, or are they afraid of supporting > the OS? > > yk > > On 31 May 2010 13:31, Jeremy Malcolm <[email protected]> wrote: > >> For those who don't know me, I am working in Kuala Lumpur for Consumers >> International leading its global campaign on Access to Knowledge. FOSS >> advocacy is a big part of this. I'll be talking at MOSC 2010, but this >> email is about something completely different. >> >> I would like to help with advocacy around FOSS adoption in Malaysia, and >> it seems to me that an easy target would be to convince the OEMs and >> computer retailers who are distributing PCs and laptops with FreeDOS (or, >> less commonly, with a version of LInux that boots to the command line), to >> ship them with Ubuntu instead. >> >> I have nothing against FreeDOS, but it is obviously not remotely useful >> for most people. In reality the only reason why such a useless operating >> system is preloaded is because users are expected to replace it with a >> pirated copy of Windows immediately. >> >> Instead if these units were shipped with Ubuntu, users booting it up for >> the first time or playing with it at the dealer would be struck by the fact >> that, actually here is a really damned good operating system and maybe there >> is no need to replace it with a pirated version of Windows at all. >> >> What is needed is for a person or team from the FOSS community to make a >> project of liaising with OEMs and retailers to explain how easy it is to >> preload Ubuntu, to present their customers with an attractive, useable >> computer right out of the box, at no cost to the OEM or the user, and at the >> same time discouraging piracy of Windows. >> >> Is anyone interested in collaborating on such a project? >> >> -- >> >> *Jeremy Malcolm >> Project Coordinator* >> Consumers International >> Kuala Lumpur Office for Asia Pacific and the Middle East >> Lot 5-1 Wisma WIM, 7 Jalan Abang Haji Openg, TTDI, 60000 Kuala Lumpur, >> Malaysia >> Tel: +60 3 7726 1599 >> *CI is 50* >> Consumers International marks 50 years of the global consumer movement in >> 2010. >> Celebrate with us as we continue to support, promote and protect consumer >> rights around the world. >> *http://www.consumersinternational.org/50* >> >> Read our email confidentiality >> notice<http://www.consumersinternational.org/Templates/Internal.asp?NodeID=100521&int1stParentNodeID=89765>. >> Don't print this email unless necessary. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> general mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.foss.org.my/mailman/listinfo/general >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > general mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.foss.org.my/mailman/listinfo/general > >
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