On Mon, 2011-08-08 at 17:11 +0100, alan c wrote: > They might also be fearful of adverse consequences with their presumed > discount for MS OS's?
I don't think so. I talked this through thoroughly with pcspecialist. It was all down to a question of full support. They tried selling a range of equipment with Ubuntu pre-installed, and found that currently, they were not up to giving Ubuntu OS support. A manufacturer is legally obliged to give proper support, and this applies to Cougar, so I fully understand their reluctance - they just don't have Linux aware staff. However, Patrick obviously knows enough to be happy testing and guaranteeing an Ubuntu install - but only if the product is going out to a Linux aware customer like you or me. Regards, Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
