[techtalk] Other OSes on a Linux box

[jennyw at griffon.personic.com]

Yeah, there's a class-action lawsuit against Compaq about their mobile
computers, too, I believe.  I'd never buy a laptop from them.  I'm not sure
I'd buy a workstation from them.  But their servers are pretty decent.

On the other hand, I might buy a laptop or a workstation from Dell or
Gateway, but servers -- not really their forte.

I'll look into VA -- several people have said that they'll even install NT
for you if you request.

On the thread about needing to be an expert to install Windows -- I would
say that most users who have installed Linux probably could install Windows.
I'm not sure how many people who've installed Windows could install Linux.
Whether this is indicative of user abilities or operating system abilities
is left as an excercise to the reader... ;-)

Jen

----- Original Message -----
From: "Davida Schiff" <dschiff at entrypoint.com>
To: <techtalk at linuxchix.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2000 3:34 PM
Subject: Re: [techtalk] Other OSes on a Linux box


> It's a shame you had to have an attorney. Having worked in a call center
> that did support for both Hitachi and Micron, the rule of thumb was 3 HW
> problems and a new unit automatically. Also, low paid TS staff (with
minimal
> knowledge) is the norm for these big companies (esp if support is
> outsourced) and there is little or no communication between the call
center
> and the repair facility (i.e. depot).
>
> Davida
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kelly Lynn Martin <kelly at poverty.bloomington.in.us>
> To: techtalk at linuxchix.org <techtalk at linuxchix.org>
> Date: Tuesday, January 04, 2000 1:08 PM
> Subject: Re: [techtalk] Other OSes on a Linux box
>
>
> >On Tue, 4 Jan 2000 12:05:36 -0800, jennyw at griffon.personic.com said:
> >
> >>Compaq isn't without issues, but at least we can count on the
> >>drives staying put, the servers taking up a lot less space, and
> >>better support (reseller plus manufacturer).
> >
> >I hope the support they give enterprise customers is better than their
> >retail customer support.  My experience with Compaq technical support
> >is absymal.  I had one of their tech support drones tell me that "the
> >hard drive sees everything on the computer" and that it had to be
> >"replaced" every time anything on the computer was changed.  Load of
> >BS.  I had to bring an attorney in to the picture to get them to
> >finally replace a defective Presario laptop (four trips to their
> >repair shop, each time they broke something new).
> >
> >Kelly
> >
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