ASUS - No Full Functionality Of A Notebook Without Windows?

According to ASUS Australia consumer market product manager Gordon Kerr, you need to use an ancient operating system on your notebook to have a “full functionality of a notebook”. Really? Perhaps Mr. Kerr can clarify what full functionality he is speaking of?

Can I surf the web with Linux? Yup. What about create, edit and share MS Office documents? Yes again, using either Open Office or for better Docx support, ThinkFree Office available from ThinkFree.com. Perhaps Kerr was thinking that one could not print or scan their documents or pictures? Maybe Linux was lacking the ability to connect to popular digital cameras and edit photos? I mean, Windows XP comes with such “tremendous” options for editing photos out of the box, right? Not really. Yet Linux does provide both simple and advanced tools - out of the box.

Wireless and wired on Linux, also works. So please remind me again what this mysterious full functionality of a notebook thing means again? Because if it is means lacking software out of the box, then perhaps Kerr is correct. But for expected notebook functionality for 90% of the population out there, he’s full of crap. If I am wrong, okay - DEFINE what full functionality of a notebook Kerr is speaking of then. My gut tells me there is no such thing, this is marketing speak.

If ASUS is simply not interested in Linux, based on selecting the ONE SINGLE distro they were shipping their Eee’s with, okay, I can respect that. But don’t make stuff up, it only makes Kerr look like he is backpedaling. Linux is not for everyone, I realize this and still support Windows for those who ask. But lines of BS like Kerr’s notebook statement just make me mad because it is simply not true based on my understanding of his statement.