3 Mar
2006
3 Mar
'06
2:38 p.m.
As long as MS Windows is the only preinstalled OS in
purchased
computers, Linux is a major loser . . . . .
I don't understand PC sellers because Linux is free. I'm sure in
the above situation very soon people would demand more software to
Linux so that people would not have to put $$$ extra to additional OS.
Last time I checked, Wal-Mart was selling Microtels with Linspire
preinstalled - the least expensive ones, not coincidentally.
I find this encouraging, at least.
I'm toying with the idea that when a computer is
tax-deductible,
the goverment pays with respect to lowest priced OS.
Sadly, I don't see this changing.
Government has shown no evidence of being concerned with cost - it's just
good-old boys and girls in smoke-filled rooms - business as usual.
(Incidently, since researching all this DVD-Audio and HD-DVD technology,
I've developed considerably more insight into this issue.
I've got a 'unified-field' theory about it all now - and it has everything
to do with the copy protection concerns of the entertainment industry.)
- Maluvia
3 Mar
3 Mar
2:50 p.m.
On Fri March 3 2006 13:17, Maluvia wrote:
Last time I checked, Wal-Mart was selling Microtels
with
Linspire preinstalled - the least expensive ones, not
coincidentally. I find this encouraging, at least.
Walmart.com is, but if you go into any Wal-Mart in the world
hoping to buy a PC with Linux preinstalled (or even with no OS
at all) you'll come out empty-handed. Also, if the Microtel
PC's are anything like the laptop we bought through Linspire a
couple years ago, they just did a default install and didn't
even bother trying to get all the hardware working (the Linspire
branded laptop has a Winmodem and flash card reader in it that
have never worked.)
But it is good that the biggest retailer in the world knows about
Linux and sells it somewhere, even if it's only online (and even
if they're bastards of the highest order otherwise.)
Rob
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