XP/Ubuntu dual-boot

[James Knott]

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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> (snip)
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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.
>
>   

What Microsoft does goes well beyond being competitive, to actually
illegal behaviour.  Such tampering is illegal as are some of the other
tricks they've pulled that deliberately create problems for users.  They
have been found guility in court for some of them.



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