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Re: Convincing someone to switch to Linux





Old Japanese notebook PC (sony, toshiba) came with nonstandard
connectors which required special cable but not DELL.  I thought US
market demanded industry standard.  After all their DELL PC are bulkey?


You are correct. The US market absolutely demands the following industry standards:

-MS Windows OS
-MS Office (new and improved with DRM, and embraced and extended MS proprietary XML file formats)
-Windows Media
-Windows Media Audio
-WinModems
-MS Windows controlled BIOS setup (I just found out the new Toshiba laptops have no more "hit <ESC> to enter setup" on boot. It is all handled through Windows utilities written by the vendor)
-MS Windows bitmap graphics

Yep.  The US market wants everything industry standard. 8-)

-Roberto


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