Canocical Responds: Microsoft, FUD and the netbook market
More here: Canonical disputes Microsoft netbook claims
I guess the good news is that when the FUD starts flying you know Linux landed a kick where it hurts, otherwise, why would they bother?
I was time that someone speaks out!
The problem is that the MS controls the hardware-industry and the hardware industry damage linux with bad support!
The best excample is that MS can say how many RAM can have a netbook to get the license for win xp…and that is PUBLIC!
WHAT THA HELL IS UNPUBLIC-PART???!!!>:(
I dunno, I’d say the ‘Windows shift’ is real…if for no other
reason than the last time I went into Best Buy there were NO
Linux netbooks on display.
I m sure that MS has special license conditions to companys with no linux support! And why it is so difficult in (nearly) year 2010 to buy hardware without windows!
Damed Windows-Mafia!
On Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:22:02 +0000, GofBorg wrote:
> Best Buy
Well, there’s your problem. 
Jim
Hmm.
Now is that because there is no market for them or because they’ve be excluded from that channel?
Linux laptops look to phone stores and Web for distribution
At some point, as more Netbooks are offered, including many with Ubuntu Linux and Android, it’s going to occur to antitrust officials that their failure to gain any retail distribution might be a problem. You think?
That’s part of why I build my PC myself (or have my uncle do it)… Choice.
It’s actually surprisingly easy these days - you pretty much can’t put things into the wrong plug because they’re designed so you can’t. Of course it doesn’t work for Netbooks or laptops, but for a desktop…
I did get Vista for this one, because I need to know it (am studying in IT, and Win7 won’t be that different to Vista except for the UI) and for my games.
>> Best Buy
>
> Well, there’s your problem.
They used to have them…just like they used to have SuSE next to Windows
displayed on their first isle as you came in the door.
Somehow, SuSE ended up in a back corner on a high wall shelf.
On Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:50:02 +0000, GofBorg wrote:
>>> Best Buy
>>
>> Well, there’s your problem.
>
> They used to have them…just like they used to have SuSE next to
> Windows displayed on their first isle as you came in the door. Somehow,
> SuSE ended up in a back corner on a high wall shelf.
I have a problem with a store whose return policy states “if you don’t
have a receipt, you must have stolen the product”. Last time I went into
a Best Buy, it was to exchange a defective DVD for a new copy of the same
(the disc was cracked and unplayable when I received it). The associate
said “if you don’t have a receipt, we have to assume you stole it.”
A few years earlier, I had a defective CD that I had purchased from them
- and had the receipt - and the associate refused to take it back saying
“this disc has been overplayed - you can see the wear on the disc” and
also refused to exchange it, even with the receipt.
They stopped receiving my business as a result.
That’s why I said that Best Buy was your problem.
Jim
> That’s why I said that Best Buy was your problem.
Understood. Personally I don’t shop there either just because
their computer stuff is higher than what I can get at my local wholesaler.
I really only go there as a last resort which ends up being a couple times a
year when I need something in a hurry.
On Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:37:03 +0000, GofBorg wrote:
>> That’s why I said that Best Buy was your problem.
>
> Understood. Personally I don’t shop there either just because their
> computer stuff is higher than what I can get at my local wholesaler. I
> really only go there as a last resort which ends up being a couple times
> a year when I need something in a hurry.
I’d found that about their prices as well.
For vaguely similar reasons, I also don’t shop at Radio Shack. When I go
into buy my kid a solar experiment kit, I don’t need batteries or a power
strip for it. And no, I don’t want another cell plan. I want to get in,
buy my merchandise, and get on with life, not have a high-pressure
salesman try to sell me a bunch of stuff I didn’t come in for.
When I was in college, I had a friend who had a friend who was a sales
associate at Radio Shack. Knowing we were poor college students, he
still tried to sell us on the Radio Shack credit card because that’s what
he was commissioned to sell.
I don’t like dealing with people selling on commission. They have too
much of a personal stake in my choice and are far more likely to try to
sell me more than I want or need - or can afford.
Jim
> For vaguely similar reasons, I also don’t shop at Radio Shack. When I go
Unfortunately they have gone totally downhill. They used to have an
excellent inventory of actual electronics, nowadays they’re hard to
distinguish from any other cell phone retailer.
On Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:35:22 +0000, GofBorg wrote:
>> For vaguely similar reasons, I also don’t shop at Radio Shack. When I
>> go
> Unfortunately they have gone totally downhill. They used to have an
> excellent inventory of actual electronics, nowadays they’re hard to
> distinguish from any other cell phone retailer.
I don’t know if it’s possible to go downhill when you start at the
bottom, is it?
Jim
They really did used to be a decent place to go if I needed some
electronic components in a hurry. Not any more. They have a few basic
components but 98% of the store is dedicated now to selling
toys/phones/gadgets…and at a premium price I may add. It’s ok…there
are plenty of parts suppliers online now so I don’t need RadioShack any
more.
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Kim (4/15/2009 11:02:07 AM Mountain)
I think this is a complicated subject now as I ended up at amazon I’d say there is several pertinent bits.
Amazon.co.uk: Netbook Buyers’ Guide–Sponsored by ASUS
If you read
Which Operating System? But read it as someone that hasn’t or very vaguely heard of linux… You’ll notice,
If you choose to purchase a Windows-based netbook you will have access to additional free software
you may not be pleased to find your new netbook isn’t compatible with your camera, or requires a lengthy set-up process to be.
A netbook that runs Linux can’t run the same applications that run on Windows…
If you are planning on purchasing a netbook as a second computer it is also worth considering the compatibility with your other PCs
Reading it is very negative, and unlikely to catch converts but linux users already.
Not to mention Linux needs some good marketing. I don’t know something like a good advert with Angeline Jolie I use Linux I see that increasing sales.
> They really did used to be a decent place to go if I needed some
> electronic components
yep…they were the easiest place to pick up right now small
quantities of resistors, capacitors etc back in (say) 1960s to 1980s
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Andy Sipowicz
On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:03:58 +0000, kgroneman wrote:
> They really did used to be a decent place to go if I needed some
> electronic components in a hurry.
That was about the only reason I’d even set foot in the store.
> Not any more. They have a few basic
> components but 98% of the store is dedicated now to selling
> toys/phones/gadgets…and at a premium price I may add.
Yup.
> It’s
> ok…there are plenty of parts suppliers online now so I don’t need
> RadioShack any more.
Same here. I was looking for a distribution amplifier for our home
theater projector, but it turned out it was just a poor quality s-video
cable. New cable fixed that. And the amplifier Amy picked up at RS
didn’t do the job anyways.
Jim