On November 1, 2007 02:41:07 pm Simon Wood wrote: > On Thu, 1 Nov 2007 14:30:59 -0600 > > Nick Wiltshire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Amusing that on a custom-built, designed-for Linux machine they didn't > > think to do away with the windows logo on the keyboard. > > > > People need a serious dose of anti-MS brainwashing. > > > > Not that it matters. Dell, Wal-mart, Asus.......looks good! > > Ultimately they would turn a lot of 'normal' folk off if they didn't stress > that it could run XP, however how many of them would actually go through > the pain of installing it (and all the required apps). > > Plus how much extra would XP + Office be? >
Plus they'd discover how sluggish XP is :) maybe we should try Vista on one and watch it melt. > Good news for Linux. More 'cool gadget' exposure means more Linux users! > Simon > Agreed. I'm very pleased to see these big names involved and actually advertising that it runs Linux. How many average Joes have a Linux phone and don't even know it? Brand recognition is a huge deal. Nick _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
