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In the last episode, Jeff Rollin wrote: |
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JR> Indeed - and that's even assuming you buy from a shop (that you walk |
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into). |
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JR> Here in the UK, companies that sell preloaded Linux are as rare as hen's |
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JR> teeth, and though I can cope with written German, there are linguistic |
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issues |
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JR> which would be involved if I bought a laptop from Germany and experienced |
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JR> problems - aside from the legal issues which would worry me buying either |
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JR> from there or the States. (What happens if it gets damaged in transit? |
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Would |
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JR> they be liable for not living up to the guarantee? Is there a warranty |
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that |
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JR> covers international customers? If I have to take legal action, where |
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would I |
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JR> file a suit? etc.) Whatever happens, there's very little chance my next |
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JR> laptop purchase won't be made on line, so no liveCD testing possible. |
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JR> |
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And then there's cases like the one below to consider, where a vendor |
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certifies a computer as being compatible with Linux, but installing Linux |
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voids the guarantee: |
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http://enterprise.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/03/23/1430204&tid=3&tid=7 |
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Jeff |
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For a successful technology, reality must take precedence |
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over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled. |
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Richard Phillips Feynman, American physicist, 11/5/18-15/2/88 |
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