On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 1:18 AM, Sylvain Bougerel < [email protected]> wrote:
> I think we must spread the words that doing this [buying windows > bundles and hoping for the refund] is wrong. > > In my opinion it is important that ppl that want Linux get it with the > right bundle. Otherwise we will keep getting Windows as bundles. > Unless you're really short on cash (cause you can only bargain for > Windows bundles at Sim Lim) and time (cause Internet delivery always > takes weeks), you should not ever buy a Windows bundle if you don't > want it. Full-stop. > > Just FYI, In Indonesia, since the crack down on pirated M$, many computer vendors advertise their notebook with no OS (M$) :) Some brand like Acer even paid local Taiwan Linux guru to make a customized Linux distro for their notebook, not great, just enough to show the customer that the notebook works. Singapore businessman is too scared of M$ :) -- Cheers, Fajar Priyanto Linux tutorial http://linux2.arinet.org
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