[Ilugc] Why does Desktop/Notebook Manufacturers not recommend linux?
- From: gopal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Gopalarathnam Venkatesan)
- Date: Sat Sep 9 12:43:25 2006
Vishnu Vijayaraghavan wrote:
On 9/9/06, Mano <manokaran@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 9/9/06, Vishnu Vijayaraghavan <vishnu.vijayaraghavan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi all,
I have seen ads of all Desktop/Notebook manufacturers from Dell to
Leneova, which only recommends XP inspite of it being more vulnerable
to attacks. Why can't they recommend GNU/Linux or BSD's which is more
stable and trouble free? Is that M$ is paying the manufacturers for
putting the caption
"XYZ recommends Windows XP"
Because M$ pays $$$ for doing it
regds,
mano
How can this be prevented?
This doesn't stop here, but Microsoft is much more bad than you might think.
IIRC if the manufacturer pre-installs any other OS alongside of Windows,
only Windows should be bootable by default, the other OS should be
bootable only by alternate means, say a floppy or CD etc.
This approach is one of the primary reasons for the death of Be Inc and
some others IMO.
I believe this cannot be prevented.
--
Gopalarathnam Venkatesan
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