I guess I have mixed feelings about all of this. I am really glad to see somebody step up to the plate that can afford to literally give Billy Boy a run for his money, but I also think that Bryan makes some good points as well. That being said, this might present an excellent opportunity for us to expand our ranks and sphere of influence since there will be potentially MANY more newbies needing help and wanting to get away from the Redmond Rash! Does anyone have any contacts in the management of Wal-Mart? As far as Linux on the desktop goes, I am totally sold on ELX. I have it on one machine here at home, will be installing it on another this weekend as well as a second OS on my laptop at work. I am also very interested in trying Lindows once it is "ready for prime time". Anyone else have any thoughts in this regard?
Ed Richards Oldie, but another Linux newbie! On Fri, 2002-06-14 at 17:42, Byron Como wrote: > I'm not convinced this will be a_good_thing. Reason being Lindows is > probably not the best representative to carry the Linux flag. Yall should > read the documentation on the website, especially the part about "Who should > not subscribe..." The secoond is that if WalMart decides that the Linux > marketing seas get too rough they could pull out at anytime, leaving the > stranded users to sink or swim as they can on their own. That said, the > Japanese proverb "A man can't stand in a swiftly running stream applies > here." as does "The only thing constant is change." >
