> On Fri, 4 May 2007, roger wrote: Are you trolling or what?
> > When the click & users being our parents (<-- will always be click & > play fans) and other windows attached users just expect things to work. Hand your parents a stock Windows installation(Not a Dell/HP/Gateway distribution) and see if Flash sites work. For that matter, see if a DVD will play. > > I see no reason why Ubuntu couldn't provide an option during install to > install 3rd party apps via the network. I don't think Adobe is going to > want to sue anybody wanting to make their format more popular. Are you willing to put your money on the line to find out? > > As far as win32 codecs, again, I still say users should be prompted with > an option during install and during first boot-up. After the install, > should still be as easy as installing an additional package. Some good > examples are Mandrake (Mandriva) and Gentoo. Including win32 codecs in a distribution violates copyright and is (as I understand it) illegal. Just because we all wink-wink, nudge-nudge as we ignore the law doesn't make it any more legal. > >>From my impressions of Ubuntu several months ago, I liked the install as > it detected almost, if not all, of my hardware and the install seemed to > go smoothly. But, for people like my parents to use, they're not going > to know how to install XYZ package to via a dumb website using Flash, or > having a popular win32 codec. Can they do it in Windows? I thought our Government just spent vast > amounts of our tax payer's money on this specific issue in order to > resolve it. I have no idea what you are talking about here. > > Next scenario, a corp publishes a patent on diapers and we can no longer > use diapers on kids. Then, the government has to use our tax payer > money to make it legal so we don't have to carry pooper scoopers & a bag > around with our kids on a leash. :-/ If you don't like the system, change it. But don't take it out on Ubuntu for playing by the rules. -ajb _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
