Lucy wrote: > 2009/10/27 Philip Stubbs <phi...@stuphi.co.uk>: > >> 2009/10/21 James Milligan <lak...@lake54.com>: >> >>> Did anyone else watch BBC News this morning? >>> >>> Whilst showing off Windows 7, the tech correspondent showed a Mac with >>> Safari open on ubuntu.com >>> >>> Didn't actually mention the name etc, but said about other OSes. >>> >>> James >>> >> I have not had time to read it yet, >> >> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8326264.stm?ls >> > > It's good. There's a 3 minute interview with someone from Canonical. > Would have been nicer if it'd been a little bit longer. They just > about explained what open source was and gave a tour of the OS. It was > also mentioned that you couldn't run Windows or Mac OS programs on it, > but didn't mention that there are usually equivalent programs > available (while it's a good thing to say, I don't remember such a big > emphasis when Macs are discussed). Unfortunately, I think Ubuntu > looked a little sad on screen compared to the latest shiney Windows > release; I'm looking forward to an improved default theme and a revamp > of Gnome. > > I'm thinking we should invite BBC people to the many launch parties > that are happening this week! Theydo seem to be really trying to be > balanced and informative. > > If that guy was from Canonical, perhaps they should think about retraining:-
/"For the first time in 20 years you can buy Ubuntu pre-installed from more than one manufacturer," he said. "That's an extraordinary story." /A stupid statement considering Ubuntu hasn't been around for 20 years. and /"Some of the security is through obscurity but it's also better by design," he said./ Just doesn't make sense at all. Surely as it is an open-source system, there is no obscurity. I think he means to say that Ubuntu is a smaller target for crackers than some others. Dan -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
