Kris, On Thu, 2007-09-27 at 18:23 +0100, Kris Douglas wrote: > > On 27/09/2007, Chris Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > > Kris Douglas wrote: > > No windows in the European union? > > No it's just a very misguided suggestion that no PC should > ship with an > OS pre-installed. > It just means more pain for users and no gain for anyone > else. > > Cheers, > -- > Chris Jones > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.canonical.com > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > > Agreed, but if you were in a situation where you needed a system that > could connect to a domain and run an application that was associated > with keeping customers money safe, would you spend ages installing an > operating system, or would you go get a machine that had something > installed and functioning correctly?
This argument works for any operating system! If I had a Linux application doing a similar thing, I would want to buy client machines that had Linux pre-installed and just worked. But this is a circular argument. One reason companies go for Microsoft based applications is that they can buy pre-installed clients that just work. It's much harder to do for Linux. Somehow, the circle needs to be broken! Regards, Tony. -- Tony Arnold, IT Security Coordinator, University of Manchester, IT Services Division, Kilburn Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL. T: +44 (0)161 275 6093, F: +44 (0)870 136 1004, M: +44 (0)773 330 0039 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED], H: http://www.man.ac.uk/Tony.Arnold -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
