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Woman Claims Ubuntu Kept Her From Online Classes
stonedcat writes "A Wisconsin woman has claimed that Dell computers and Ubuntu have kept her from going back to school via online classes. She says she has called Dell to request Windows instead however was talked out of it. Her current claim is that she was unaware that she couldn't install her Verizon online disk to access the Internet, nor could she use Microsoft Word to type up her papers."
why are the cute ones always dumb?
"Knock the stones together, guys!"
...women. Hit them with a baseball bat /flame
is ndiswrapper too much to expect of anyone to use, even the easy as hell to use gui for wireless because it isn't installed by default?
I am sure this must have been University of Phoenix, they are really behind in the times. They really caught a trend decades ago, but they have done nothing technology-wise to keep up to date.
Want Big Business out of government? Take away the incentive and start by getting government out of big business!
"I guess she feels swindled, when in fact she was simply sold something different."
That's called bait and switch, and it's a swindle.
So what is MS supposed to do, try to NOT be so popular?
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
I don't wanna have her. You can keep her. I just wanna F*($ her.
Sadly, a Libertarian cannot force his views on another, and freedom cannot spread as does the cancer known as religion.
The problem with what you suggest is that it was, and is, totally unnecessary. The only thing that needed to happen was for Dell to send her a Windows laptop when she asked for it.
If you don't like the tone of my response, maybe you should dig your head out of your ass and stop making baseless arrogant, linux-fanboyish comments.
It takes a special kind of asshole to complain about s"omeone blatantly wishing evil on" him after doing the exact same thing. Do you just believe that one should do as you say and not as you do?
There is no "-1 offended" or "-1 you don't agree with me" mod options for a reason.
I'm a software engineer.
That doesn't seem to mean much anymore these days. If you're too dumb to get Ubuntu working, I can't imagine the disasters you chunk out and call software.
I do not care to win you as a friend nor flatter you to influence you. If you wish to behave like a dumbass, I will call you a dumbass.
Now, dumbass, she did B and they told her " Sorry, it is too late to do that." And, as she didn't know when she would actually be able to take the on-line courses, it is reasonable for her to drop them until she does in fact know.
As for your other options:
A) Assumes she has the money and skill to do so.
C) Also assumes she has the money to buy yet another computer.
D) And, lose half or more of the money she spent on the laptop which may not cover the cost of another laptop thus requiring her to spend even more money.
Glad to see you have so much money to burn. Perhaps you should offer to buy her laptop for $1100. Then you would have a slightly used Ubuntu laptop and she could get what she needs and wants.
Now, why is it you abandoned your little analogy? Is it that it was overly simplistic and biased to your opinion and completely failed to reflect the situation?
There is no "-1 offended" or "-1 you don't agree with me" mod options for a reason.