On Sunday 25 September 2005 04:02, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote: [snip] > Hope this helps most of you guys arguments about XXX company is bad because > they shipped linux without configuring it.
Sorry no, it doesn't help us. If the machine is shipped effectively without an OS, they should say so clearly. Anything else is called deceptive advertising. Consumer perspective: Either you are getting a ready-to-use system, or you are not. If you were told it came preinstalled with windows, but it dumped you to an 8bit 640x480 VGA screen without drivers for any of the hardware, are you going to go "oh well, that served me right, I really should have expected that I'll need to hire an MCA to set this up for me"? I don't think so. Linux/Open source developer perspective: They are misrepresenting the software we are providing to the world, and we have a right to make a noise about it. The value of our brands and trademarks need to be protected. -Taj. _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/ Event: Freedel 2005, 17th & 18th September, 2005 - http://freedel.in
