If we keep thinking in this alley wse won't get anywhere. Some people say 'don't force it on people', while M$ does, succesfully Some people say 'ubuntu leaves space for other OS's', while M$ doesn't, succesfully, Some people say 'we aren't doing anything wrong', while M$ does, but they still are succesful
;-) it hurts but it's the truth, we must dare to play that role too, plain simple. I think that we just don't have a clear strategy to build on... On 8/3/07, Mertiki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think that Microsoft and Linux Ubuntu aren't on the same egal ground > to this point. > > Microsoft Windows will NEVER give the choice to a user to dual boot with > another system but Ubuntu will.. but we shouldn't expect Ubuntu to be > completely flawless when working with closed technologies that they > didn't invented ( like FAT32 or NTFS ), it's already a miracle that > Linux can work with NTFS partitions, I think that this should be always > improved but we can't expect it to work without risks, even in Microsoft > installer anyway. And the RAID drivers you got for Windows, does the > producer of your RAID makes drivers for Linux?? I have doubts. > > I agree with you to say that Linux Ubuntu should be more "all working in > few easy automatics steps" and I think that it already beat Microsoft on > some point with installation because Linux detect everything and make > all works when drivers exists. The bitter point is that Ubuntu have > access to a restricted driver list, this would be a very important point > to be improved! I don't personnaly know about RAID 0 so maybe that > Ubuntu have to make some works on this. And I TOTALLY agree that there > should be a REALLY more easy way to manage dual boot in Linux, editing > /boot/grub/menu.lst isn't pretty user friendly. > > But I don't think that you can install Microsoft Windows without loosing > all your data, except with another partition which will not be erased, > but that's all the same for Windows or Linux. > > -- > Microsoft has a majority market share > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > -- http://stephanvaningen.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -- Microsoft has a majority market share https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
