-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 03/29/07 06:15, Max Hyre wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: >> There will be a limited number of models and they'll be more >> expensive (if for no other reason than companies like Symantec can't >> sell ad space on a Linux desktop). > > Why the devil shouldn't they be able to sell ad space to Symantec? > (I presume that's what you mean.) > > There's no reason in the world at all they shouldn't put up a Gnome > desktop with icons offering AOL, Symantec, or Joe's Bar & Grill, so long > as a) AOL et al. give them (Dell) money, and b) AOL writes a version > which runs on GNU/Linux. If enough folks buy these boxes, it may become > worth AOL's while. After all, Dell's got to sell to Aunt Tillie, too, > if this thing's going to fly.
There's no AOL client for Linux and no need for Symantec anti-virus products. IOW, sure they could try to sell add space on the Linux desktop, but who would buy it? Oracle? Veritas? - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day. Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGC+j4S9HxQb37XmcRAnjDAKCUHBFJc9RlUimOStUNbVNM/VjJ+QCdH8Yj pCPpDXQPRoHK7NINlBxynvE= =OZE+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]