> -----Original Message----- > From: Christopher Sawtell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> On Mon, 03 May 2004 16:54, Don Gould wrote: > > We want machines to keep flowing out of retailers like the > > warehouse with > > MS products all over them and nothing but. > With these headers > X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 > X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook CWS, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) > in your mail you may well want that, because it gives you a > place in the > market, but I'd suggest that many of the rest of us really do > not want that > for one minute. Personally I want to see Linux available > pre-installed and > supported by the retailers so my fellow citizens can > experience what I > believe to be a superior computing environment at a lower > cost. aa. Unlike some computer people I don't just dump one system and jump to another without doing some home work. bb. I will highlight my key words for you "retailers like the warehouse". cc. I agree that we want to see the likes of DSE delivering dual boot boxes to market. If the machine doesn't have a choice of OS pre-installed then don't purchase. It will take time for people to learn new systems. To transition they need to have the choice of both. What other retailers do we want to see delivering oss to market? What we do want to see is retailers who have staff who can and will support the systems. Give linux to the warehouse and all you'll see is customers bringing them back in droves going 'errr.... ok I'll pay more for windows now... sorry :)' People will do this because Linux is still a very step learning curve. > The fact that > we, as a nation, could have that superior computing > environment without > having to export anything like as many sheep carcasses is a very real > beneficial side effect. Notice that the flippin' Minister of > Ed. has just > blown ~$24 million pissing in Bill Gates' pocket. Makes me > hopping mad. What are you saying? The government blow the $24 million dollar budget or just that they've comitted $24 million to software in education over the next year? > > The warehouse is a suppermarket. > Really? I was in there only yesterday, and there wasn't a > crumb to be seen. What ever. > You know, you really should install a decent mail user agent. > Kmail has an > interactive spellchecker which I find absolutely invaluable. Is there a windows version? I like interactive spelling checkers. > > How many machines have you guys pulled windows off and > thrown linux on to > > get some more value out of hardware that was otherwise going to just > > collect dust in some old store room? > Lots. And doesn't the fact that it makes you look like a good guy with your customers give you added incentive? Cheers Don
