XP/Ubuntu dual-boot

[Moniz Family]

jemcinto-cpI+UMyWUv+w5LPnMra/2Q at public.gmane.org wrote:
>> I'm thinking of installing XP and Ubuntu as a dual-boot on my daughter's
>> machine.
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>> 2. Is it best to install XP or Ubuntu first.
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> Microsoft designs their operating system installation software to check
> for operating systems from competitors, and will refuse to proceed with
> the installtion process until you authorize it to erase the competitor's
> operating system.
>
> Furthermore, the Windows operating system, or the Windows installation
> software (I am not sure which) will mutilate OS/2 HPFS (High Performance
> File System) so that OS/2 cannot read the data.
>
> Microsoft is intensely competitive.
You mean, Microsoft is intensely anti-competitive.
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