I'll Be Damned

[Some Random]

windows linux

 

kind of a dick move on their part using the ubuntu name, and more or less stating that there is nothing canonical can do about it.

[Sparq]

Yeah.

 

Right.

[Some Random]

i don't get the motive behind it. it can't be that good, or they wouldn't be giving it away. why generate competition for your own cash cow?

[Sparq]

You do realise it's a joke, right?

 

Dell is going to ship computers with Ubuntu Linux, but M$ has certainly not created any kind of Windows-Linux hybrid. The "Expert" from PC Age magazine probably doesn't exist. PC Age doesn't either, though it used to in the 80s. It died before I was born.

Edited May 5, 2007 by Sparq

[Some Random]

no, i didn't realise it was joke, but that explains why it doesn't make sense, and why i couldn't find any info on it. the article was linked on the blog of a 'linux guru' guy (marcel gagne) that i get an rss feed from. he made no indication of it being a joke, so he either didn't get it, or is perpetuating the joke.

 

that's cool that dell is gonna offer an alternative, though. i've heard that it's a bitch to find a pre-made computer for sale with linux pre-installed.

[Sparq]

If you search for that article in Google News, it comes up with a "Satire" flag. At any rate, yeah. There aren't many commerically available systems with a linux preload, aside from certain corporate servers and the like. Dell's got a good idea there, but I'm not sure how well it'll actually sell.

 

The systems we're getting at work from Dell right now are all coming with a Vista preload...well, the laptops, anyway. We immediately ghost them with an XP Pro image.

Edited May 5, 2007 by Sparq

[garsk]

i thought the thing that gave it away would be the part that said "Windows Vista Service Pack 9 pre-installed". Vista has been out for four months now and it is already up to 9 service packs? i mean, XP only has 2 so far and it is 7 years old.

[RicardoObviouso]

is it just me or is vista eerily similar to whatever the hell mac uses?

[Monochrome Rainbow]

Extremely similar.

 

 

 

And yeah, sorry Chris but I could easily tell the article was fake. There's no way you actually read the whole thing, right? Please tell me you read the title and briefly skimmed it or something.

 

You can tell it was just a rip on Microsoft. The reasons given for Microsoft to retain the branding were just moronic. Also the quote by the "PC Age magazine rep" was highly unprofessional and hardly believable. And the whole last paragraph is a dead giveaway it's a fake; I shouldn't even have to explain why. Fuck I hope no one wrote that to intentionally mislead people; they did a fucking terrible job if that's the case.

Edited May 5, 2007 by Monochrome Rainbow

[Some Random]

i'll admit it...i read the whole thing. after sparq pointed out it was a joke, i reread it and it was obvious. hey...did you hear they took 'gullible' out of the dictionary?

[Monochrome Rainbow]

Seriously? What the fuck?! That's retarded...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kidding. Ha.

 

 

Edit: And yeah Chris, it happens to the best of us every now and again. We'll let it slide this time. ;)

Edited May 5, 2007 by Monochrome Rainbow

[Some Random]

i never claimed to be perfect. or smart.

[Sparq]

You also mentioned in another thread that you're not a computer person. I can actually see how that might be somewhat believable. At any rate, it sparked a whole geektastic operating system discussion.

[Some Random]

still...service pack 9. i know enough to have caught that. they got me. fuckers.

[Monochrome Rainbow]

Does Vista have any kind of service pack yet?

 

 

My buddy is looking at pictures of fat people on the internet... Shoot me if I ever way more than like 220 lbs.

[Some Random]

if i ever got to the point where i couldn't look down and see my penis, i'd shoot myself. or go on a serious diet.

 

and, no, i don't think vista even has one service pack out yet. last week, when linux was giving me headaches and i was considering running scared back to windows, i realized what a horrible time to do that it would be. buying xp would be stupid at this point, and i wouldn't touch a new windows till the first sevice pack came out. and i don't fuck around with downloaded/hacked versions, so that wasn't even an option.

[Azalroth]

consider yourself shot...when the situation is right...

 

Although it'd be cool to get shit to work in Linux as easily as they were saying, but there is no way that article is real.