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It's time to retire "ready for the desktop"
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| Quite a few reviews of new Linux releases these days try to determine if a
| distribution is "ready for the desktop." I myself have probably been guilty
| of using that phrase, but I think it's time we officially retire this
| criterion.
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http://www.linux.com/feature/134808
Microsoft's "people-ready" paid shills come to mind (links below [1,2,3]).
Here. New review:
Early adventures with Ubuntu
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| I recommend Ubuntu to anyone interested in trying Linux. I think they work
| really hard to make it easy to use, and largely succeed.
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http://www.callum-macdonald.com/2008/05/16/early-adventures-with-ubuntu/
Related:
[1] Microsoft pays star writers to recite slogan
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| The stodgy old media industry has a rule that newspaper reporters, and TV
| news hosts, shouldn't trade on their public trust to endorse products.
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http://valleywag.com/tech/federated-media/microsoft-pays-star-writers-to-recite-slogan-271485.php
[2] Malik, Arrington and Battelle: X-22, come in [to Microsoft]
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| What would possess a collection of online publishers and venture capitalists
| to pimp a Microsoft advertising slogan?
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| Valleywag today reported about a site tied to a Microsoft ad campaign
| where the likes of Michael Arrington, Om Malik and others seemingly
| lend their support to the "people-ready" catchphrase.
|
| I sent e-mails both to Arrington and Malik and--surprise,
| surprise--heard nothing back. (Obviously, they are not yet
| sufficiently "Coop-ready.") Microsoft was still checking for me into
| whether money exchanged hands. But even if not a single shekel exchanged
| hands, I must wonder about the absence of common sense. Why would
| ostensibly independent voices come across as Microsoft shills? If
| they were hoping for a free dinner with Bill Gates, there are
| smarter ways to go about it.
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http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9733995-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
[3]
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| Microsoft once again corrupts confidence in the blogsphere. They
| turn 'citizen journalists' to marketing people in disguise.
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http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9734034-7.html?tag=head
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