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

[Steve Woods]

Quoting Andy Gale <andy at mentalist.co.uk>:

> 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.
> >
> > Which operating system would you like installed on your computer?
> > Microsoft Vista £££££
> > Microsoft XP ££££
> > Ubuntu £0.00
> > SLED   £0.00
> > Fedora £0.00
> >
> > 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?
>
What's a Linux driver? The last time I needed one of those was for a winmodem
years ago. 99.99% of kit just works straight away without any faffing around,
unlike another allegedly popular OS.

Woodsy

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