[Eug-lug] Crappy Cow

[Jason LaPier]

Sadly, it should be up to these people to more adequately point out the
fact that when you get an OS for free, all the stuff that comes with
Windows isn't going to be in there. And rather than complain about
wanting stuff to "just work" they can remind everyone that the
difference in price of a linux distro and Vista (or OS X for that
matter) is a couple hundred bucks. Right now, what linux-on-the-desktop
needs from the media is less hype and more facts, rather than pretty
much lying to readers by saying "they could have just put this stuff
in".

This guy is more worried about titling an article with something eye
catching than actually providing much worthwhile information (some of
his other gems include "Why Gaming Sucks on Linux" and last year's
"Review: Ubuntu Linux Just Keeps Getting Better and Better").

- Jason L.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: euglug-bounces at euglug.org 
> [mailto:euglug-bounces at euglug.org] On Behalf Of alan
> Sent: Friday, May 04, 2007 11:29 AM
> To: Allen Brown; Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group
> Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] Crappy Cow
> 
> On Fri, 4 May 2007, Allen Brown wrote:
> 
> > roger wrote:
> >> Well, this didn't wet my appetite too much. :-/
> >>
> >> http://dl.tv/
> >>
> >> Episode 162:
> >> A Little Bit Linux: We've got Ubuntu on the desktop. One of our 
> >> friends at ExtremeTech.com says Ubuntu Feisty Fawn should 
> be called Crappy Cow!
> >
> > Reading thru all the objections at ExtremeTech, it appears that in 
> > each case Ubuntu was constrained by license issues.  So I think the 
> > review was unduly harsh.  Even he pointed out that Ubuntu 
> made it easy 
> > to get around these issues.  He just wanted them to be 
> fixed "out of 
> > the box".  But if that isn't legally possible, how are they 
> to do it?
> 
> What is interesting about the patent issues is that even if 
> you obey the licencing/extortion scheme, you can still get 
> sued. Microsoft found this out with MP3 when someone else who 
> owned a piece of the format sued.
> 
> We are close approaching a time where it will not be possible 
> to do anything interesting or useful without violating the 
> law in some form.
> 
> > I think the reviewer should be called "Whiny Brat".
> 
> I think you are being overly kind.
> 
> --
> "Invoking the supernatural can explain anything, and hence 
> explains nothing."
>                    - University of Utah bioengineering 
> professor Gregory Clark 
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