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Re: [News] PC World Thinks Linux Affects Hardware, Apparently

  • Subject: Re: [News] PC World Thinks Linux Affects Hardware, Apparently
  • From: William Poaster <wp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 00:26:41 +0100
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It was on, or about,  Wed, 12 Sep 2007 23:55:59 +0100, that as I was
halfway through a large jam doughnut, Roy Schestowitz wrote:

> ____/ William Poaster on Wednesday 12 September 2007 19:22 : \____
> 
>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> 
>>> ____/ Roy Schestowitz on Wednesday 12 September 2007 02:11 : \____
>>> 
>>>> PC World refuse to repair hardware fault, because of Linux
>>>> 
>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>> | PC World refuse to repair hardware fault, because of LinuxToday I
>>>> took | my laptop to pc world because a crack has developed near the
>>>> left | hinge, this develops because the joint inside is failing and
>>>> spreading | to the casing.
>>>> |
>>>> | Laptop is only 4 or 5 months old and otherwise in good condition. |
>>>> | It was agreed that infact there is indeed an issue with the hinge
>>>> and | that it will spread much further untill the display can no
>>>> longer stay | attached to the rest of the unit.
>>>> |
>>>> | Then I was told because I have Linux installed, I am not covered by
>>>> my | warranty.
>>>> `----
>>>> 
>>>> http://www.dreamstate.eu/?pcworld
>>> 
>>> I told him to submit this to Slashdot, so he did. Front page hour ago
>>> and a lot of mob-type commotion. PC World will face pressure... :-)
>>> :-)
>> 
>> PC World are a bloody joke.
> 
> Especially now. This story is all over the Web. Those who snub Linux
> face the wrath of the buyers. :-)

Yes!
Perhaps PCW should be renamed "M0r0ns 'R Us".

-- 
Surely you are not comparing the non-existent Linux (at that time) with 
(Windows)98? - Hadron aka Hadron Quark, Hans Schneider, & Damian O'Leary 
comp.os.linux.advocacy - Thu, 16 Aug 2007 
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