Has Ubuntu Replaced Windows on Your Box?

[C Hamel]

On Thursday 20 April 2006 07:31, Derek Broughton wrote:
> C Hamel wrote:
> > On Tuesday 18 April 2006 11:15, Derek Broughton wrote:
> >> C Hamel wrote:
> >> >> Tut!  That's why you keep alternate _linux_ installs.  You don't need
> >> >> Windows for that :-)
> >> >
> >> > ...Unless, of course, he needs to get his e-mail. ;-)
> >>
> >> Most people these days can get their mail from any computer with a web
> >> browser, but if you had a second version of Ubuntu, or any other OS, you
> >> could still do that, so it still doesn't require Windows.
> >
> > ...As I stated in my previous post, using Windows is not the unpardonable
> > sin
> > some make it out to be.  For me, it is a matter of "what does the job".
> > See last paragraph. :-)
>
> Sorry, I still don't get it.  He said he _had_ to keep Windows around in
> case he trashed his Ubuntu install, and I pointed out that that wasn't at
> all necessary.  Then you said that he'd need it to get email, and I
> disagree that the OS makes any difference at all in this age of web mail.
> It's not a matter of unpardonable sins, merely whether there's a necessity.
Sorry 'bout the confusion.  I didn't specify it was not web-based e-mail 
(which is, apparently, what you have so you assumed it).

>
> There are many people who _do_ need Windows - it's just that reading your
> email or having a base from which to reinstall your Ubuntu OS are not two
> of the reasons for that necessity.
> --
> derek

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	...CH
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