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lusers.... (loser + user) 2009/1/16, Omar Kaminski <o...@kaminski.com>: > É melhor nem comentar... > > []s > > http://www.wkowtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=9667184 > > 27 News Troubleshooter: Woman blames Dell for missing online classes > Posted: Jan 13, 2009 07:42 PM > > MCFARLAND (WKOW) -- Abbie Schubert paid more than $1,100 for a Dell laptop > hoping to enroll in online classes at Madison Area Technical College, or > MATC. > But something stopped her: she bought an operating system for her computer > she never heard of, Ubuntu. > That's an operating system for your computer similar to Windows that > contains Linux. It's highly regarded among some people and extremely > popular with certain circles of computer users because it's free. > Schubert says she ordered her laptop online at Dell.com expecting to buy > your classic bread-and-butter computer. > She didn't realize until the next morning her laptop defaulted to the Ubuntu > operating system. > "It's been a mess," she said. "I regret ordering the computer." > Schubert says she never heard of Ubuntu until learning that she accidentally > bought it. She called Dell the very next day and says the representative > told her there was still time to change back to Windows. > But she says Dell discouraged her. > "The person I was talking to said Ubuntu was great, college students loved > it, it was compatible with everything I needed," said Schubert. > So she stuck with it. > Later, she discovered Ubuntu might look like Windows, but it doesn't always > act like it. > Her Verizon High-Speed Internet CD won't load, so she can't access the > internet. She also can't install Microsoft Word, which she says is a > requirement for MATC's online classes. > As a result, with no internet and no Microsoft Word, Schubert dropped out of > MATC's fall and spring semesters. > She also says Dell claimed it was now too late to get Windows and any > changes she made herself would void her warranty. > "I'm extremely frustrated," said Schubert. "I wanted to get back to school, > but I needed a computer to be able to do that." > 27 News contacted Dell, but the company has not responded to us yet. > However, we think we've helped her get back to school. > Verizon says it will dispatch a technician to try to assist her accessing > the internet without using the Windows-only installation disk. Verizon says > its high-speed internet does indeed support Ubuntu, but some advanced > features and installation disks clearly don't work with Linux. > MATC also says it promises to accept any of Schubert's papers or class > documents using whatever software she has installed. > Schubert's computer came with Open Office, a word processing software > package that is compatible with Microsoft Word. She says she wasn't aware > it was compatible. MATC promised to show her how to save documents in > compatible formats so she could enroll in online courses again. > > _______________________________________________ > PSL-Brasil mailing list > PSL-Brasil@listas.softwarelivre.org > http://listas.softwarelivre.org/mailman/listinfo/psl-brasil > Regras da lista: > http://twiki.softwarelivre.org/bin/view/PSLBrasil/RegrasDaListaPSLBrasil > -- ================================= Pablo Santiago Sánchez Análise e Desenvolvimento de Sistemas Web Zend Certified Engineer #ZEND006757 phack...@gmail.com (61) 9975-0883 http://www.tiblog.com.br "Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur" ================================= _______________________________________________ PSL-Brasil mailing list PSL-Brasil@listas.softwarelivre.org http://listas.softwarelivre.org/mailman/listinfo/psl-brasil Regras da lista: http://twiki.softwarelivre.org/bin/view/PSLBrasil/RegrasDaListaPSLBrasil
