Re: KDE 4 and Kubuntu?

>> >    Im not knocking them personally.  I find it commendable that they
>> > plainly state their return policy, which unfortunately many vendors
>> > like them do not.

>    If you're willing to pay for it... by all means- go right ahead.  But if
> I bought a system and then I found out Skype or something else doesn't work
> properly and I had to pay a 15% restocking fee, I'd be a little upset.  This
> is the problem with Linux support, its notoriously unmanageable, and often
> times the 'community' is driven by somewhat manic tech-heads who refuse to
> conform to any idea whatsoever, let alone a technological standard.

>    Not really sure how to parse 'marketing scheme' here, but if you mean 'a
> way to sell something' - yep it sure is.  I can take it home, see how it
> plays with my hardware, use it for a few weeks, and if it doesn't stick, all
> money is refunded.  Hardly a 'scheme' if were using this word as some kind
> of negative.  Setting up this marketing scheme requires a lot of business
> development with hardware vendors, etc.

>    Sorry if Im letting down the Linux revolution, but you've got to face the
> reality of what the average person gets with a major distributor.
> Eventually, Im sure someone will figure out how to make the Big Mac of linux
> PCs, and Im also sure that 50+% of people on this list will reject it on the
> basis its not 'true linux'.  -jmz