[LBo] Re: Windows screwup forces Ubuntu shift

[Tim]

On Tuesday 02 January 2007 18:46, Dave Lerner wrote:
> Sam Morgan wrote on 12/31/2006 11:23 PM:
> > http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=36635
>
> The same guy posted a follow-up article:
> http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=36653

Is it me or are other seeing holes in this guys story??

Firstly let me state and in no way trying to justify microsoft licencing or 
anything else microsoft in this story.

Fisrt the guy reguarly setup up branch office for his customer, yet it the 
first time he finds he can't reload XP from the recovery disk to the newly 
installed raid (and why was he doing this at the customer premises, this sort 
of work should be done in your own workshop before arriving at the company 
site)??

Why did he not choose a suitably spec-ed PC if he knew he had to rip it apart 
and void not only MS OEM licence but also HP licence to install the raid

He used the raid setup in the past yet has never noticed that there are no 
drivers on the CD, so how did he do it in the past.

While I agree it show how locked in and stupid the MS OEM licence is I think 
this story is more hype than fact and this is certainly not what Linux needs.

Linux has the power, performance and stability to stand on its own without the 
over glorified hype that this users is pretending he has found, stories like 
this should be filed under r for rubbish bin.

Now before anybody trys to roast me please re-read my paragraph, I am not 
supporting MS only stating what a load of codswallop this story is.

Tim


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