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Article #208Re: Ubuntu erased my whole hard drive
From: Adam Albright
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 20:44
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 20:44
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On Wed, 17 Oct 2007 20:42:34 +0100, "dennis@home" <dennis@killspam.kicks-ass.net> wrote: > >"Terry R." <F1ComNOSPAM@pobox.com> wrote in message >> The FACTS are, almost ALL Windows installations are pre-installed. Those >> who have installed additional OS's learned how to do it properly, some by >> trial and error. If a system came pre-installed with Linux and a person >> tried to install Windows, the same thing could easily happen and then the >> user would be blaming Windows for their loss of data. The FACTS are that >> most people don't travel into the realm of setting up multiple OS's. I'm >> a consultant and I have 5 OS's on my system and I still don't think I >> understand fully all there is to know about it. > >The facts are that if Linux is to be big on the desktop someone is going to >have to install it. >That will have to be the user AFAICS. >If you really think Dell or the other small time operators are going to make >serious in-roads into windows sales then you are going to be dissapointed. >Its this "it would be OK if it were pre installed" attitude that stops the >solution IMO, no-one wants to fix it because the problem will go away The fact is you try to argue something starting with a false premise. Like all clueless Microsoft fanboys you're scared shitless that some day Windows will no longer be the dominant OS. Well duh, that isn't why people use Linux or suggest others try it. Being open source it is simply offered as an alternative that for some people depending on how they use their computers may or may not make sense.
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