Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 10th Sep 2007 21:01 UTC
It does not happen every day that news related to computer technology - news we report on every day - makes its way to the headline news programs and newspapers here in my home country, The Netherlands. So when it does, I am usually on the edge of my seat, simply because it offers an interesting glimpse into how 'normal' people perceive our little world. The last few days, however, that casual interest has made way for something else - tooth gnashing irritation.
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The article cites that the organisation says the following: "consumers who have XP on their computer and who are happy with it, should wait before buying Vista". And then the article mentions that the organisation also recommends that consumers take a look at alternatives such as Mac OS X and Ubuntu Linux. I don't think there is anything wrong with that. It looks to me more like making people aware of alternatives instead of really proposing it as a solution for people who have compatibility problems on Vista.
Found the original article on the site of the Consumentenbond (Consumer's Union) itself:
http://www.consumentenbond.nl/actueel/nieuws/nieuws2007/153461
That article does not mention OSX or Ubuntu at all. So I start to wonder whether newspapers inserted those things to make the article more exciting (even though the Consumentenbond may want to make people aware about alternative operating systems... simply not as a solution for Vista upgrade problems)