On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 7:15 PM, Abhijit Navale wrote:
> This is an email I am circulatting from lugc mailist list:
>
> Hello all,
>
> When I looked to buy a branded laptop, I felt much bad that I can customize
> a laptop *BUT* I MUST select a M$ operating system. And this really is
> like forcing
I can assure you that NONE of the OEM's will provide a system without a OS (
with the exception of just a handful of them such as Lenovo/Dell ) because
they get kickbacks from Microsoft for every purchase of a Windows. So
Windows is here to stay for a couple of years, yes i just said that, I don't
Bhavi,
But not with any recent laptops. I cant buy a DELL laptop with I3 or I5 with
Linux OS
and that makes a difference between the past and the present.
On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 10:41 PM, Bhavani Shankar R wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 7:15 PM, Abhijit Navale
> wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
>
On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 7:15 PM, Abhijit Navale wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> When I looked to buy a branded laptop, I felt much bad that I can customize
> a laptop BUT I MUST select a M$ operating system. And this really is like
> forcing us to pay money even if we do not want to buy it. Is there any t
I see this problem in the following manner:
You go to a local Udipi restaurant and ask for an exotic Thai dish. What do you
think
you will be the answer? And what are you options? Either order whatever he has
on the menu or walk out, and find that rare Thai restaurant in your city. Either
that or
From: ubuntu-in-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com
[mailto:ubuntu-in-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Aditya Muley
Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2011 8:45 PM
To: Ubuntu India Local Community
Subject: [Bulk] Re: [ubuntu-in] [Bulk] Microsoft Monopoly
hello all,
why not simply distribute copies of u
Hi again,
http://www.system76.com
and
http://zareason.com
provides laptops with Ubuntu as the main Operating system. and also consider
Acer w/o an OS
And Aditya, we cant do that. because, people there wont do that as they will
lose some profit by not giving proprietary OS
On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at
From: ubuntu-in-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com
[mailto:ubuntu-in-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of mohi
Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2011 8:41 PM
To: Ubuntu India Local Community
Subject: [Bulk] Re: [ubuntu-in] [Bulk] Microsoft Monopoly
Hello Hardeep,
But, you think they reduce the cost p
hello all,
why not simply distribute copies of ubuntu to retailers and ask them to give
consumer a choice between free ubuntu or paid microsoft os ??? Tie ups with
large scale retail formats like croma etc can be set up easily (even by one
single person like you or me, but dont expect to get paid).
Hello Hardeep,
But, you think they reduce the cost price? And why not in the official
website?
On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 8:35 PM, Hardeep Singh <
hardeep1singh_...@yahoo.co.in> wrote:
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> *From:* ubuntu-in-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:
> ubuntu-in-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com] *On Behalf Of
From: ubuntu-in-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com
[mailto:ubuntu-in-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Abhijit Navale
Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2011 7:16 PM
To: ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com; linux...@mm.ilug-bom.org.in
Subject: [Bulk] [ubuntu-in] Microsoft Monopoly
This is an email I am circul
This is an email I am circulatting from lugc mailist list:
Hello all,
When I looked to buy a branded laptop, I felt much bad that I can customize
a laptop *BUT* I MUST select a M$ operating system. And this really is like
forcing us to pay money even if we do not want to buy it. Is there any talk
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