____/ Kier on Thursday 12 July 2007 16:23 : \____
> On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 01:44:07 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> ____/ awolfe@xxxxxxxxxx on Thursday 12 July 2007 00:47 : \____
>>
>>> Ubuntu Linux's Achilles' Heel: It's Tough To Install On Laptops
>>>
>>> Here:
>>> http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201000451
>>>
>>>
>>> The wildly popular Linux distro isn't all it's cracked up to be,
>>> especially if you try to install it on a laptop, our reviewer finds.
>>> Come along on his Ubuntu safari, as he hacks his way through bug-
>>> fraught installation attempts.
>>>
>>> Comments solicited at the bottom of the article.
>>
>> Piss off. As I've said in a post that I had posted before I saw this one,
>> your publishing history indicates that you either work for Microsoft or you
>> hate Linux. Your endless FUD (including the implication that Microsoft's FUD
>> hold water) makes you unreliable. I have been seeing your nasty article for
>> months and I'm not alone.
>
> The article, however, speaks for itself. Some of the writer's complaints
> were of course bullshit, but he had some fairer points to make. A number
> of the comments pointed out where he had gone wrong, and it would seem he
> would have benefitted by doing a bit more research, but he approached the
> install as many newbies might. A number of his criticisms were valid, IMO.
>
>>
>> I hope someone pays you well for this. I hear journalists don't make much
>> money nowadays.
>
> Pays who for what? You should really stop this kind of nonsense, Roy.
Have you seen his path of recent articles? I have. He insinuated that
OpenOffice is 'unsafe' because of Microsoft's FUD (among other things). This
is a Windows writer who hopes that Linux would just go away. It's a Luddite's
dilemma/situation. Same with Ou, Bott, and all the other bloggers that make a
living as long as Windows survives.
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~~ Best of wishes
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