Comments for Ixnotes's Weblog http://ixnotes.wordpress.com Just another WordPress.com weblog Sat, 19 Sep 2009 22:06:54 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Microsoft propaganda handed out to Staples employees. by Derek http://ixnotes.wordpress.com/2009/09/06/microsoft-propaganda-handed-out-to-staples-employees/#comment-62 Derek Sat, 19 Sep 2009 22:06:54 +0000 http://ixnotes.wordpress.com/?p=110#comment-62 ...as a side note, if Vista has such a shallow learning curve (as claimed in the propaganda), then how is it that (as a Linux 'dabbler') that installing Vista on my machine and using it for 6 months pushed me into become a fully-fledged Linux user? Don't even get me started on Office 2007 - I'm more-or-less forced into using it at work. After trying to write a simple letter for over 15 minutes, I gave up, downloaded Open-Office for boody Windows, and wrote the letter. ...all within 15 minutes. …as a side note, if Vista has such a shallow learning curve (as claimed in the propaganda), then how is it that (as a Linux ‘dabbler’) that installing Vista on my machine and using it for 6 months pushed me into become a fully-fledged Linux user?

Don’t even get me started on Office 2007 – I’m more-or-less forced into using it at work. After trying to write a simple letter for over 15 minutes, I gave up, downloaded Open-Office for boody Windows, and wrote the letter.

…all within 15 minutes.

]]> Comment on Microsoft propaganda handed out to Staples employees. by Derek http://ixnotes.wordpress.com/2009/09/06/microsoft-propaganda-handed-out-to-staples-employees/#comment-61 Derek Sat, 19 Sep 2009 22:00:08 +0000 http://ixnotes.wordpress.com/?p=110#comment-61 You have to be kidding me. I bought a second hand eeepc 701 from ebay, it arrived yesterday. It was running that dreadful version of Xandros, so I installed eeebuntu. Everything worked out of the box, and excellently. Even MythTV Frontend...and Compiz et al. A friend saw it this morning, and went home and got the one he bought his girlfriend that came pre-installed with XP. She booted it up to have a look to see what, if anything, she needed to save off of the machine to my NAS. After waiting around 10 minutes for the 'start menu' to actually display, she said "Ahh...f**k it, just get rid of it - I want it to be as fast as yours is". I duly installed eeebuntu, and now the machine is usable again. You have to be kidding me.

I bought a second hand eeepc 701 from ebay, it arrived yesterday.

It was running that dreadful version of Xandros, so I installed eeebuntu. Everything worked out of the box, and excellently. Even MythTV Frontend…and Compiz et al.

A friend saw it this morning, and went home and got the one he bought his girlfriend that came pre-installed with XP. She booted it up to have a look to see what, if anything, she needed to save off of the machine to my NAS. After waiting around 10 minutes for the ’start menu’ to actually display, she said “Ahh…f**k it, just get rid of it – I want it to be as fast as yours is”.

I duly installed eeebuntu, and now the machine is usable again.

]]> Comment on Microsoft propaganda handed out to Staples employees. by Abe http://ixnotes.wordpress.com/2009/09/06/microsoft-propaganda-handed-out-to-staples-employees/#comment-59 Abe Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:11:21 +0000 http://ixnotes.wordpress.com/?p=110#comment-59 "What we need in the GNU/Linux world is a source for GNU/Linux products and a place to get decent support. " FYI, I thought this link might be relevant <a href="http://open-pc.com" rel="nofollow">Open-PC.com</a> “What we need in the GNU/Linux world is a source for GNU/Linux products and a place to get decent support. ”

FYI,
I thought this link might be relevant Open-PC.com

]]> Comment on Microsoft propaganda handed out to Staples employees. by Abe http://ixnotes.wordpress.com/2009/09/06/microsoft-propaganda-handed-out-to-staples-employees/#comment-58 Abe Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:03:11 +0000 http://ixnotes.wordpress.com/?p=110#comment-58 Before I read this note, I just posted the following on another site. Very good move by the FSF and should carry through by rallying qualified volunteers to swarm the stores of both retailer to counter this campaign by MS. ... There are no reasons or indications to suspect these slides of being fake. If they were not genuinely produced or used by MS/Best Buy, they would have come out already and said so. They haven't done that yet. With the majority of the posts on the Internet refuting the contents of these slides, Best Buy have a big problem on their hands. Their trustworthiness is on the line. Consumers will no longer believe they are getting the best buy as advocated in the name. If Best Buy still care about their customers and believe they are offering them "best buys" and Windows is really better than Linux, then they have to prove it by demonstration. That is not so difficult to do. All they have to do is to also make Linux available on in-store computers for customers to compare. If they don't do that, then Best Buy are deceiving their customer and no longer can be trusted. Before I read this note, I just posted the following on another site. Very good move by the FSF and should carry through by rallying qualified volunteers to swarm the stores of both retailer to counter this campaign by MS.
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There are no reasons or indications to suspect these slides of being fake. If they were not genuinely produced or used by MS/Best Buy, they would have come out already and said so. They haven’t done that yet.

With the majority of the posts on the Internet refuting the contents of these slides, Best Buy have a big problem on their hands. Their trustworthiness is on the line. Consumers will no longer believe they are getting the best buy as advocated in the name.

If Best Buy still care about their customers and believe they are offering them “best buys” and Windows is really better than Linux, then they have to prove it by demonstration. That is not so difficult to do. All they have to do is to also make Linux available on in-store computers for customers to compare. If they don’t do that, then Best Buy are deceiving their customer and no longer can be trusted.

]]> Comment on Microsoft propaganda handed out to Staples employees. by Does Microsoft Deliver Anti-Linux Rhetoric to Best Buy Workers? | google android os blog http://ixnotes.wordpress.com/2009/09/06/microsoft-propaganda-handed-out-to-staples-employees/#comment-57 Does Microsoft Deliver Anti-Linux Rhetoric to Best Buy Workers? | google android os blog Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:16:11 +0000 http://ixnotes.wordpress.com/?p=110#comment-57 [...] and alleges that anti-Linux training goes on for employees of Staples’ stores as well. In this post, you can view a number of slides that Microsoft allegedly handed out to Staples employees. [...] [...] and alleges that anti-Linux training goes on for employees of Staples’ stores as well. In this post, you can view a number of slides that Microsoft allegedly handed out to Staples employees. [...]

]]> Comment on Microsoft propaganda handed out to Staples employees. by aikiwolfie http://ixnotes.wordpress.com/2009/09/06/microsoft-propaganda-handed-out-to-staples-employees/#comment-56 aikiwolfie Wed, 09 Sep 2009 01:00:20 +0000 http://ixnotes.wordpress.com/?p=110#comment-56 Stupid FUD is all it is. The best part is all Microsoft have done is draw peoples attention to that fact Linux exists and is a threat to their core business. This training says Linux is so good Microsoft are scared your employer will start selling it! Stupid FUD is all it is. The best part is all Microsoft have done is draw peoples attention to that fact Linux exists and is a threat to their core business.

This training says Linux is so good Microsoft are scared your employer will start selling it!

]]> Comment on Microsoft propaganda handed out to Staples employees. by ixnotes http://ixnotes.wordpress.com/2009/09/06/microsoft-propaganda-handed-out-to-staples-employees/#comment-55 ixnotes Tue, 08 Sep 2009 19:23:03 +0000 http://ixnotes.wordpress.com/?p=110#comment-55 Not that is getting through to the employees. The Free Software Foundation did a campaign against Apple recently where they asked people to show up at Apple stores and confront Apple employees. I'm sure allot of good that did. Not that is getting through to the employees. The Free Software Foundation did a campaign against Apple recently where they asked people to show up at Apple stores and confront Apple employees. I’m sure allot of good that did.

]]> Comment on Microsoft propaganda handed out to Staples employees. by ixnotes http://ixnotes.wordpress.com/2009/09/06/microsoft-propaganda-handed-out-to-staples-employees/#comment-54 ixnotes Tue, 08 Sep 2009 19:10:31 +0000 http://ixnotes.wordpress.com/?p=110#comment-54 What we need in the GNU/Linux world is a source for GNU/Linux products and a place to get decent support. Normally people would call Dell or whoever supplied them the computer-at least while it is under warranty. The major supplier of for GNU/Linux computers presumably is Dell right now (they may not sell more GNU/Linux computers than smaller suppliers- but the company itself is larger than all others). Dell already provides low quality support. Add GNU/Linux to a Dell PC at checkout and you get little to no support-despite it being an option on some computers. If you actually do call Dell you'll just be redirected to a company that doesn't provide free support (Canonical) even to Dell's own customers. Not to mention the Canonical isn't open on the weekends (at least not for mere mortals). What we need in the GNU/Linux world is a source for GNU/Linux products and a place to get decent support. Normally people would call Dell or whoever supplied them the computer-at least while it is under warranty. The major supplier of for GNU/Linux computers presumably is Dell right now (they may not sell more GNU/Linux computers than smaller suppliers- but the company itself is larger than all others). Dell already provides low quality support. Add GNU/Linux to a Dell PC at checkout and you get little to no support-despite it being an option on some computers. If you actually do call Dell you’ll just be redirected to a company that doesn’t provide free support (Canonical) even to Dell’s own customers. Not to mention the Canonical isn’t open on the weekends (at least not for mere mortals).

]]> Comment on Microsoft propaganda handed out to Staples employees. by Michael http://ixnotes.wordpress.com/2009/09/06/microsoft-propaganda-handed-out-to-staples-employees/#comment-53 Michael Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:48:07 +0000 http://ixnotes.wordpress.com/?p=110#comment-53 These documents spend a lot of time talking about limitations that are tied to the hardware, not the OS. If I remember what I have read elsewhere correctly, most of the current hardware limitations were imposed by Microsoft as a condition for loading the cheap XP Home (and soon 7 Starter Edition). It's only a matter of time before we will see higher-powered netbooks that can do everything listed here, but only with Linux. These documents spend a lot of time talking about limitations that are tied to the hardware, not the OS. If I remember what I have read elsewhere correctly, most of the current hardware limitations were imposed by Microsoft as a condition for loading the cheap XP Home (and soon 7 Starter Edition). It’s only a matter of time before we will see higher-powered netbooks that can do everything listed here, but only with Linux.

]]> Comment on Microsoft propaganda handed out to Staples employees. by gemini http://ixnotes.wordpress.com/2009/09/06/microsoft-propaganda-handed-out-to-staples-employees/#comment-52 gemini Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:53:49 +0000 http://ixnotes.wordpress.com/?p=110#comment-52 Is anyone from the Linux format sending similar propaganda against Windows to these companies? Have they thought about it? I think it would be a good idea to do so, and dispell much of the BS that MS is putting forth. Is anyone from the Linux format sending similar propaganda against Windows to these companies? Have they thought about it? I think it would be a good idea to do so, and dispell much of the BS that MS is putting forth.

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