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How One Small Business Switched to Ubuntu

Posted by kdawson on from the losing-business-the-old-fashioned-way dept.

firenurse writes to point out a story in The Inquirer about how one small business switched to Ubuntu. It describes a maddening comedy of errors, a series of circular screw-ups among Microsoft, HP, and a RAID vendor. From the article: "You never quite wrap your head around how anti-consumer Microsoft's policies are until they bite you in the bum. Add in the customer antagonistic policies of its patsies, HP in this case, and vendors like Promise, and you have quite a recipe for pain. Guess what I did today?"

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  1. Re:Comedy of Ubuntu errors by dylan_- · · Score: 5, Informative

    Why didn't you post a link to the thread on the ubuntu forums where this whole discussion took place, as you did last time you ranted about this? Is it because you've finally realised that you acted like a complete wanker there? Here's a link.

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  2. Re:Comedy of Ubuntu errors by killjoe · · Score: 4, Informative

    This sounds familiar. I remember a post like this before and I checked the actual mailing lists and I remember you being a complete asshole as people tried to help you. You kept hurtling insults at people who were trying their best to help you and eventually they gave up figuring that you were merely trolling them and didn't really have a problem.

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  3. MOD parent down. by killjoe · · Score: 5, Informative

    This guy is a well known troll. Look at the ubuntu forums (other people have provided links) and see what an asshole this guy was to the people trying to help him.

    Chances are the guy didn't really have a problem and he is just trolling either for fun or profit.

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