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Re: [LUG] Asus EEPC - naughty naughty!!

 

On 25 Nov 2007, at 19:22, Simon Waters wrote:

> Benjamin M. A'Lee wrote:
>>
>> Whilst it's a good thing that companies are starting to ship end- 
>> user machines
>> with GNU/Linux preinstalled, doing so without complying with the  
>> licences is
>> not only no better than only shipping Windows, it's worse as it  
>> runs counter to
>> the main aim of free software.
>
> I'm not sure it is worse, but no one is arguing that they should  
> comply
> with the licence. Merely that folks shouldn't jump to conclusions  
> based
> on some random blog, when the company may not have had time to  
> respond.

You are of course right, but I'll wait until I've heard more before  
ordering.
Clare

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