Llywelyn Owen wrote:
> If a shop sells a desktop Linux PCs they'll lose a lot of the after
> sales market, no AV/firewall/security sales, no office productivity
> sales, no OS upgrade sales, you may not even go back for a new PC as
> often let alone for some of their peripheral devices which may no
If a shop sells a desktop Linux PCs they'll lose a lot of the after
sales market, no AV/firewall/security sales, no office productivity
sales, no OS upgrade sales, you may not even go back for a new PC as
often let alone for some of their peripheral devices which may not
have drivers. Same with mag
Andy wrote:
> So where are the ones that I don't have to phone a guy for?
You always have to phone Dell. That's how they work.
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Martyn wrote:
> pugrade.
That describes Vista quite well, from what I've read...
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On 31/01/07, Andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ah I clicked on customise, went to OS and see Linux is not there!
> I will poke around further if I still can't find it Dell will be
> getting a strongly worded email.
OK my fault I should have read it thoroughly, you actually have to
contact your Del
On 31/01/07, Scrase, Eddie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I didn't realise Dell did that
Thats the problem, no one does that doesn't already know about Linux.
They are apparently extremely hard to find even if you are looking for
them and know they are there. It may have been improved mind.
People
>> I disagree, I think it would be more realistic to say "windows users will
>> never swap until you can walk into a shop and buy a Linux PC that's
already
>> been set up for you", I think that by far most of the Windows PCs are
bought
>> 'as is' and most users never go near an O/S installation or
> I disagree, I think it would be more realistic to say "windows users will
> never swap until you can walk into a shop and buy a Linux PC that's already
> been set up for you", I think that by far most of the Windows PCs are bought
> 'as is' and most users never go near an O/S installation or pugr
Martyn wrote:
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> Message: 3
> Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 20:09:17 +
> From: paul mellors < [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC Vista Coverage
> To: British Ubuntu Talk <mailto:ubuntu-uk
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Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC Vista Coverage
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John McCourt wrote:
> No offens
On Jan 31, 2007 at 11:38, William Anderson praised the llamas by saying:
> Not a single mention of Linux from Maggie Philbin, who for some
> unfathomable reason was BBC Breakfast's "expert" talking about the
> release of Vista on yesterday morning's programme. Awful.
>
Just be thankful that they
Benjamin Webb wrote:
> I was having a look at how the BBC was covering the launch of Vista and
> found this.
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6310599.stm
>
> I was reasured that it did mention Linux, albeit only briefly and has a
> quote from a satisfied Linux user. Is that anyone here btw
John McCourt wrote:
> No offense, but Linux is not gonna have any chance at
> competing with the marketing drive of Microsoft over
> the next few months.
Linux will never compete with the marketing drive of Microsoft. And
windows users will never swap until it's just as easy to use and easy to
s
I heard a review on BBC Radio 4 of vista- they called it underwhelming.
Caroline
On 30/01/07, baza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Tue, 2007-01-30 at 20:29 +, Colin_The_Technician wrote:
> Check out the Poll on
>
http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/default.stm?dynamic_vote=ON#vote_vista
On Tue, 2007-01-30 at 21:26 +, Toby Smithe wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-01-30 at 20:47 +, baza wrote:
> > But when people buy a new computer you will be getting Vista in it, like
> > you did with XP. Where linux wins is when people start to discover what
> > a pain all the built in DRM in Vista is
On 30/01/07, Toby Smithe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-01-30 at 20:47 +, baza wrote:
> > But when people buy a new computer you will be getting Vista in it, like
> > you did with XP. Where linux wins is when people start to discover what
> > a pain all the built in DRM in Vista is.
On Tue, 2007-01-30 at 20:47 +, baza wrote:
> But when people buy a new computer you will be getting Vista in it, like
> you did with XP. Where linux wins is when people start to discover what
> a pain all the built in DRM in Vista is. How after it's been out for six
> months to a year there wil
Though this is probably true it should not discourage members from
trying.
Marketing Linux has a 'snowball' effect, more users == faster expansion
On Tue, 2007-01-30 at 20:43 +, Benjamin Webb wrote:
> On 30/01/07, John McCourt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > No offense, but Linux is not gonna h
On 30/01/07, baza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-01-30 at 20:29 +, Colin_The_Technician wrote:
> > Check out the Poll on
> > http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/default.stm?dynamic_vote=ON#vote_vista_vote
> > Seems 78.38% of us are not intending to update to Vista. Probably no
On Tue, 2007-01-30 at 20:29 +, Colin_The_Technician wrote:
> Check out the Poll on
> http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/default.stm?dynamic_vote=ON#vote_vista_vote
> Seems 78.38% of us are not intending to update to Vista. Probably not
> an acturate Poll as I voted 'no' three times. Mu
On 30/01/07, John McCourt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> No offense, but Linux is not gonna have any chance at
> competing with the marketing drive of Microsoft over
> the next few months. Vista is the BIG thing in the IT
> world at the moment getting all the attention and
> until the novelty wears o
Check out the Poll on
http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/default.stm?dynamic_vote=ON#vote_vista_vote
Seems 78.38% of us are not intending to update to Vista. Probably not
an acturate Poll as I voted 'no' three times. Must be all those Linux
fans boys out there click 'no' all day. :-)
Coli
No offense, but Linux is not gonna have any chance at
competing with the marketing drive of Microsoft over
the next few months. Vista is the BIG thing in the IT
world at the moment getting all the attention and
until the novelty wears off and that blows over it
will stay the big thing. The press s
I was having a look at how the BBC was covering the launch of Vista and
found this.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6310599.stm
I was reasured that it did mention Linux, albeit only briefly and has a
quote from a satisfied Linux user. Is that anyone here btw?
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