Fair points Mark, If you get a minute, pop this stuff onto the wiki - it'd be helpful to add these ideas to the leaflet concept.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/Leaflets Cheers Chris On 30/06/07, Mark Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yup - boys and girls - it's unpalatable but it needs addressing. > > Manufacturers like Dell now receive as much money in subsidies and fees > from companies like AOL and McAfee for installing crapware on your new > Vista machine as they have to pay to Microsoft for the Vista licence. > > I think we ought to be making a far bigger play of the whole "Crapware" > thing, which has done a great job of introducing hidden costs to running > Windows: > > - Did you know that a new typical Vista PC only includes the initial 3 > month trial? After that it costs £75 per year to remain protected. > Ubuntu comes with anti-virus security for life as standard. > > - Did you know that a typical new Vista PC only comes with a 30 day > trial of graphics software? After that, it costs an extra £50 to carry > on editing your photos. Ubuntu comes with full-featured graphics > software as standard. > > - Did you know that a typical new Vista PC comes with a limited office > suite called Works that doesn't read your work files properly? Upgrading > to the full version of Office costs an extra £300. Ubuntu comes with a > full Office Suite as standard. > > M. > > > > I refuse to purchase any more hardware with Windows installed. It is easy to > > avoid on desktops - simply build your own or buy with FreeDOS or Linux > > installed - but laptops are much more difficult. My last two came with XP > > which I wiped as soon as I got them. > > > > Mark > > > > > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
