BW )(: Institute advises EU to forbid windows pre-instaled on PC's

[Andy Gale]

On 9/24/07, Stuart Ward <stuart.ward at bcs.org> wrote:

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> Even if all it did was force PC vendors to allow customers to Choose not
> to have windows that would be a big step.
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> Which operating system would you like installed on your computer?
> Microsoft Vista £££££
> Microsoft XP ££££
> Ubuntu £0.00
> SLED   £0.00
> Fedora £0.00
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> I wouldn't mind them putting a "Recommendation" on there site in that
> case, as there would be a choice. I bet there would be droves of people
> who don't choose M$ if that was the case.

It's not that simple though is it? As a lot of stuff doesn't have
reliable enough drivers on Linux for the vendor to certify that it'll
work properly? It needs to start somewhere, though doesn't it? Are the
Dell machines specifically for Linux?


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Andy Gale

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