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| From | RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.advocacy |
| Subject | Re: I asked System76 if they would sell a Windows system |
| Date | 2025-01-09 08:47 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <vlo2e8$39f61$4@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
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On 2025-01-08, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote: > On Wed, 8 Jan 2025 09:20:19 -0500, CrudeSausage wrote: > >> On 2025-01-08 01:34, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: >> >>> On Tue, 7 Jan 2025 22:20:56 -0500, DFS wrote: >>> >>>> ... customers are welcome to install other operating systems on our >>>> hardware without voiding your warranty. >>> >>> Well, that’s one polite way to tell you to piss off. >> >> Not really. > > Think about what they *didn’t* say: they didn’t offer to preinstall > Windows for the customer, or even to include a copy of Windows in the box. > They don’t guarantee that Windows will even work. > > So all the risk is up to the customer. It’s up to you to get your own copy > of Windows -- and remember, it can’t be an OEM copy, it’s got to be a full > retail-priced copy. And if it doesn’t work? Can you take your Windows copy > back to where you bought it and demand a refund? Good luck with getting > the shop to understand that there are x86-based machines out there that > are not fully Windows-compatible! Imagine... one Open Source company treats their customers like EVERY Windows based company. The "shame" of it all! -- “Evil is not able to create anything new, it can only distort and destroy what has been invented or made by the forces of good.” —J.R.R. Tolkien
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I asked System76 if they would sell a Windows system DFS <guhnoo-basher@linux.advocaca> - 2025-01-07 22:20 -0500
Re: I asked System76 if they would sell a Windows system Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2025-01-07 22:31 -0500
Re: I asked System76 if they would sell a Windows system DFS <guhnoo-basher@linux.advocaca> - 2025-01-07 22:53 -0500
Re: I asked System76 if they would sell a Windows system CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-01-08 09:17 -0500
Re: I asked System76 if they would sell a Windows system Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2025-01-08 12:21 -0500
Re: I asked System76 if they would sell a Windows system CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-01-08 14:11 -0500
Re: I asked System76 if they would sell a Windows system Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2025-01-08 14:21 -0500
Re: I asked System76 if they would sell a Windows system chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2025-01-09 07:06 -0600
Re: I asked System76 if they would sell a Windows system Farley Flud <fsquared@fsquared.linux> - 2025-01-09 13:43 +0000
Re: I asked System76 if they would sell a Windows system CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-01-09 10:36 -0500
Re: I asked System76 if they would sell a Windows system Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-01-08 06:34 +0000
Re: I asked System76 if they would sell a Windows system CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-01-08 09:20 -0500
Re: I asked System76 if they would sell a Windows system Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-01-08 21:26 +0000
Re: I asked System76 if they would sell a Windows system RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2025-01-09 08:47 +0000
Re: I asked System76 if they would sell a Windows system DFS <guhnoo-basher@linux.advocaca> - 2025-01-08 12:18 -0500
Re: I asked System76 if they would sell a Windows system Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-01-08 21:22 +0000
Re: I asked System76 if they would sell a Windows system rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-01-09 01:02 +0000
Re: I asked System76 if they would sell a Windows system RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2025-01-09 08:48 +0000
Re: I asked System76 if they would sell a Windows system CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-01-09 10:01 -0500
Re: I asked System76 if they would sell a Windows system DFS <guhnoo-basher@linux.advocaca> - 2025-01-09 11:11 -0500
Re: I asked System76 if they would sell a Windows system CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-01-09 11:47 -0500
Re: I asked System76 if they would sell a Windows system rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-01-09 18:37 +0000
Re: I asked System76 if they would sell a Windows system Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2025-01-09 13:52 -0500
Re: I asked System76 if they would sell a Windows system rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-01-10 00:19 +0000
Re: I asked System76 if they would sell a Windows system Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2025-01-10 06:51 -0500
Re: I asked System76 if they would sell a Windows system rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-01-10 20:54 +0000
Re: I asked System76 if they would sell a Windows system vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2025-01-10 09:06 +0000
Re: I asked System76 if they would sell a Windows system DFS <guhnoo-basher@linux.advocaca> - 2025-01-10 10:28 -0500
Re: I asked System76 if they would sell a Windows system CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-01-10 11:25 -0500
Re: I asked System76 if they would sell a Windows system Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2025-01-10 11:37 -0500
Re: I asked System76 if they would sell a Windows system rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-01-10 20:59 +0000
Re: I asked System76 if they would sell a Windows system Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2025-01-10 16:06 -0500
Re: I asked System76 if they would sell a Windows system rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-01-11 02:53 +0000
Re: I asked System76 if they would sell a Windows system Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2025-01-11 02:12 -0500
Re: I asked System76 if they would sell a Windows system Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2025-01-10 16:24 -0500
Re: I asked System76 if they would sell a Windows system Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-01-12 06:43 +0000
Re: I asked System76 if they would sell a Windows system RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2025-01-10 09:14 +0000
Re: I asked System76 if they would sell a Windows system Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2025-01-09 07:42 -0500
Re: I asked System76 if they would sell a Windows system CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-01-08 09:15 -0500
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