[Eug-lug] Crappy Cow

[Alan]

> On Fri, 4 May 2007, roger wrote:

Are you trolling or what?

>
> When the click & users being our parents (<-- will always be click &
> play fans) and other windows attached users just expect things to work.

Hand your parents a stock Windows installation(Not a Dell/HP/Gateway
distribution) and see if Flash sites work.
For that matter, see if a DVD will play.

>
> I see no reason why Ubuntu couldn't provide an option during install to
> install 3rd party apps via the network.  I don't think Adobe is going to
> want to sue anybody wanting to make their format more popular.

Are you willing to put your money on the line to find out?

>
> As far as win32 codecs, again, I still say users should be prompted with
> an option during install and during first boot-up.  After the install,
> should still be as easy as installing an additional package.  Some good
> examples are Mandrake (Mandriva) and Gentoo.

Including win32 codecs in a distribution violates copyright and is (as I
understand it) illegal.
Just because we all wink-wink, nudge-nudge as we ignore the law doesn't
make it any more legal.

>
>>From my impressions of Ubuntu several months ago, I liked the install as
> it detected almost, if not all, of my hardware and the install seemed to
> go smoothly.  But, for people like my parents to use, they're not going
> to know how to install XYZ package to via a dumb website using Flash, or
> having a popular win32 codec.

Can they do it in Windows?

 I thought our Government just spent vast
> amounts of our tax payer's money on this specific issue in order to
> resolve it.

I have no idea what you are talking about here.

>
> Next scenario, a corp publishes a patent on diapers and we can no longer
> use diapers on kids.  Then, the government has to use our tax payer
> money to make it legal so we don't have to carry pooper scoopers & a bag
> around with our kids on a leash. :-/

If you don't like the system, change it. But don't take it out on Ubuntu
for playing by the rules.

-ajb