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