Sean Miller wrote: > > Without being a pain in the bottom.. I understand the whole Linux > situation very clearly.. but at the end of the day if it doesn't > work on > Linux then consumers are going to blame Linux - not the manufacturers. > > > No, that's a misconception... nobody would buy an Apple Mac and then > expect every piece of windows hardware to work with it... why is > this? Why should they go for Linux and expect anything different? > > It's because Linux has traditionally been a "buy a windows machine and > install Linux on it" scenario rather than "buy Linux from the shop > intact". Once shops are selling pre-installed Linux they'll also, > presumably, give advice on which wireless cards to buy etc. etc... > > We're getting there. Let's not all dwell on historic negatives that > don't actually really exist to the same extent any more. > > Sean I think it's the fanboism (I like that new word) that helps apple.
You're right though - it's becoming a historic negative. It doesn't exist to the same extent - but it's still an elephant in the room... (although the room is loads bigger, and the elephant a lot smaller). :) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
