Hi All , @althaf
I think most vendors offer an alternative , if you ask for. Some vendors give FreeDOS as the primary OS and some do use Linux distros. @all The matter raised by Althaf needs to be looked into. The only problem we face here is all are not technical enough to install OS on their machines ( I am sure that most of the people in this group are ). This brings us to the question of "Demand Side Learning". Where-ever , Demand Side Learning happens, FOSS thrives. regards Praseed Pai http://praseedp.blogspot.com --- On Wed, 9/22/10, Althaf <[email protected]> wrote: From: Althaf <[email protected]> Subject: [ILUG-Cochin.org] Desktops and laptops preloaded with OS. To: "ilug#kochin" <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, September 22, 2010, 9:59 AM Greetings, I would like to hear your verdict about the practice followed by hardware vendors who preload a desktop / laptop with an OS that we wouldnt like to use. Doesn't that violate freedom of choice ? Ideally we end up paying for some software we wouldn't use. Can't the vendor just ship the hardware / ask the user the choice of OS ? Some may argue, that one should avoid buying such a hardware.Well as i understanf this has similar nature of DRM issue. Or am i wrong? - Althaf K Backer gt-i5503 -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ Indian Libre User Group Cochin Mailing List http://www.ilug-cochin.org/mailing-list/ http://mail.ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org #[email protected]
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