On 27/09/2007, Tony Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> 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
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> >
> > 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.
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Good point, if pcworld stocked Linux systems...
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