Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell Linux Survey (until 23rd March)

2007-03-30 Thread TheVeech
On Thu, 2007-03-29 at 21:42 +0100, Freddie Ruddick wrote: > Nothing particularly new, but I notice the BBC have covered it. [0]. > > Freddie :) > > [0]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6506027.stm I read this, too. I didn't take part in the survey, but I have nagged Dell quite a lot in the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell Linux Survey (until 23rd March)

2007-03-29 Thread Freddie Ruddick
Nothing particularly new, but I notice the BBC have covered it. [0]. Freddie :) [0]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6506027.stm -- Yesterday it worked. Today it is not working. Windows is like that. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell Linux Survey (until 23rd March)

2007-03-16 Thread Scrase, Eddie
> Yes, and this is the reason why I have generally made the point that > it is compatible hardware - with Linux friendly drivers - that is > important, not so much the pre installation, or the support or lack > of it from the vendor etc. > > (Although if pre installation did happen it is better i

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell Linux Survey (until 23rd March)

2007-03-15 Thread alan c
Dave Ewart wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 > > On Thursday, 15.03.2007 at 09:29 +, alan c wrote: > >> Martin Fitzpatrick wrote: >>> On 14/03/07, Benjamin Webb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 14/03/07, alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Let Dell know what you wan

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell Linux Survey (until 23rd March)

2007-03-15 Thread Alistair Crust
On Thu, 2007-03-15 at 11:39 +, Alan Pope wrote: > On Thu, Mar 15, 2007 at 10:56:00AM +, Dave Ewart wrote: > > > This has the benefit of 1) forcing software vendors to look at support > > > linux and 2) bringing down the cost of hardware just as it does with > > > pre-installed windows. > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell Linux Survey (until 23rd March)

2007-03-15 Thread Alan Pope
On Thu, Mar 15, 2007 at 10:56:00AM +, Dave Ewart wrote: > > This has the benefit of 1) forcing software vendors to look at support > > linux and 2) bringing down the cost of hardware just as it does with > > pre-installed windows. > > > > Did I hear someone say "chicken or the egg?" which came

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell Linux Survey (until 23rd March)

2007-03-15 Thread Dave Ewart
On Thursday, 15.03.2007 at 10:32 +, Alistair Crust wrote: > On Thu, 2007-03-15 at 10:17 +, Dave Ewart wrote: > > > One of the points made is that, under a Windows pre-install, various > > companies pay to have other software included (trial versions of Norton > > AV and so on) that have a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell Linux Survey (until 23rd March)

2007-03-15 Thread Alistair Crust
On Thu, 2007-03-15 at 10:17 +, Dave Ewart wrote: > One of the points made is that, under a Windows pre-install, various > companies pay to have other software included (trial versions of Norton > AV and so on) that have a net effect of subsidising the cost of the PC. > One claim is that this i

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell Linux Survey (until 23rd March)

2007-03-15 Thread Dave Ewart
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday, 15.03.2007 at 09:29 +, alan c wrote: > Martin Fitzpatrick wrote: > > On 14/03/07, Benjamin Webb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On 14/03/07, alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> Let Dell know what you want and how you want it! > >>

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell Linux Survey (until 23rd March)

2007-03-15 Thread alan c
Martin Fitzpatrick wrote: > On 14/03/07, Benjamin Webb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On 14/03/07, alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Let Dell know what you want and how you want it! >>> http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/topics/global.aspx/corp/linux?s=corp >>> -- >> Done - seen it on digg and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell Linux Survey (until 23rd March)

2007-03-14 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
On 14/03/07, Benjamin Webb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 14/03/07, alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Let Dell know what you want and how you want it! > > http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/topics/global.aspx/corp/linux?s=corp > > -- > Done - seen it on digg and someone raised a point - we just

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell Linux Survey (until 23rd March)

2007-03-14 Thread Benjamin Webb
On 14/03/07, alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Let Dell know what you want and how you want it! > http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/topics/global.aspx/corp/linux?s=corp > -- > alan cocks > Kubuntu user#10391 > Done - seen it on digg and someone raised a point - we just have to hope this isn't si

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell Linux Survey (until 23rd March)

2007-03-14 Thread Alec Wright
On Wed, 2007-03-14 at 01:56 +, alan c wrote: > Let Dell know what you want and how you want it! > http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/topics/global.aspx/corp/linux?s=corp > -- > alan cocks > Kubuntu user#10391 > Done :D -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell Linux Survey (until 23rd March)

2007-03-13 Thread Philip Wyett
On 14/03/07, alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Let Dell know what you want and how you want it! http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/topics/global.aspx/corp/linux?s=corp -- alan cocks Kubuntu user#10391 Done :-) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk h

[ubuntu-uk] Dell Linux Survey (until 23rd March)

2007-03-13 Thread alan c
Let Dell know what you want and how you want it! http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/topics/global.aspx/corp/linux?s=corp -- alan cocks Kubuntu user#10391 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/