Tony Travis wrote: > Mark Harrison wrote: >> I've had a look at the "Customer Reviews" on eBuyer (the UK >> distributor for eSys). >> >> Sadly, several of them talk about "putting XP on it". >> >> I am tempted to post follow-up questions asking where they bought >> the XP licences from, in order to make that PC a cost-effective >> solution for them. >> >> >> >> I'm wondering whether there is mileage in the Ubuntu Community >> putting out a press release along the lines of >> >> "Community Initiative to Stamp Out Software Piracy... > > Hello, Mark. > > No, I don't think the Ubuntu community should "stamp out" anything! > > > What ever happened to positive re-enforcement? > > When I talk to people who are running their pirate copies of XP amd > M$ Office, I point out that there are quite a number of completely > legal alternatives that they can use instead, including Ubuntu. > > I believe we should promote Ubuntu in a positive way and not > attempt to take the moral high ground. Instead, we should just lead > by example :-)
yes, and I find that the idea that windows is difficult to keep secure and that Linux (Ubuntu) is easy to secure, is good quality and free, is a pretty good attention getter. -- alan cocks Kubuntu user#10391 -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
