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Re: [LUG] More Proprietary Tie-ins

 

On 18/05/11 19:51, Simon Waters wrote:
On 18/05/11 06:43, Adam Latham wrote:
As such, and given the immortal lines words; "...yes but if Windows
breaks, I pick up the phone and they sort it out... eventually.  If
Linux breaks, I have to sort it out, and right now..." I suspect most IT
users in my school don't care that they're being driven down the
proprietary route.
We are still waiting on them to fix IE it has been a LONG wait. We still
have bugs related to CSS 2 compliance, which is apparently "complete" in
IE 8 whatever that means.

That means you have to upgrade to w7 to get the fixes - like buying a new BMW to fixes your wobbly windscreen wipers on your reliant robin....
But the point is if Windows breaks you have to get Microsoft to fix it
at whatever they charge and however long they take, if GNU/Linux breaks
you can ask Redhat, or SuSE, or IBM, or HP, or myself, or Gordon, or
Neil, or put it out to tender and get the lowest price, or even fix it
yourself.




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