Seen on /. Wal-Mart Shopping List (Score:2, Funny) by rirugrat on Wednesday June 19, @01:36PM (#3730409) (User #255768 Info | http://www.christiancarroll.net/) Hmmm...let's see...
Powerbait Rubber Worms (check) Sam's Pork Rinds (check) Nascar Queen-size bed sheets (check) George Foreman Lean Mean Grilling Machine (check) Unix box (check) John Hebert --- Nashid Hasan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This time its Mandrake...... > > > As early as next week, Walmart.com will begin > selling Microtel PCs loaded > with the Mandrake Linux distribution. > Keep your eye on Walmart.com for new Microtel > systems bearing the Mandrake > logo. The systems will sell alongside the newly > announced Lindows-based > PCs, say sources. And continue to look for more > online retail > envelope-pushing from Wal-Mart's online wing, of all > places. > MandrakeSoft CEO Jacques Le Marois confirms the news > this morning, and > company spokeswoman Margaret Waters says, while a > contract with Microtel > has not been finalized, the company is working on > getting Mandrake > certified to run like clockwork on the Microtel > systems. Waters is hopeful > that the dotted line will be signed and PCs up for > sale by the end of next > week. > Walmart.com and Microtel are getting a lot of press > lately, mostly because > Walmart.com is the first major retailer to offer > something other than the > standard Windows PC. With Walmart.com taking the > first leap, it's possible > that other stores will follow in selling bare > systems and those with Linux > preloaded. > Walmart.com has a few well-placed electronics buyers > who are savvy to > Linux, and a management team looking for ways to > reinvigorate stagnant > computer sales numbers. The combination has resulted > in innovations like > the Windows-free Microtel line and has generated > strong sales and low > return numbers, a trend Walmart.com may hope will > continue with the > introduction of Linux systems. According to sources, > the buyers chose > Lindows first because of perceived > user-friendliness. > But the move to Mandrake may be seen as a better one > for the Linux world > and for people who want to purchase the Microtel > systems with Linux, > because Mandrake has been around for years, is > already on the brink of a > 9.0 release level and has an established reputation > for providing support. > In support of LindowsOS, however, Rich Hindman of > Microtel says that as of > Monday, June 17, the version of Lindows that lives > in the systems sold > through Walmart.com is LindowOS 1.1, not the beta > SPX mentioned in a quote > from a Lindows PR spokeswoman in Tuesday's report. > A source close to Walmart.com says that Lindows > itself is "ready to roll," > and that drivers are the only hold up. The > Walmart.com units contain > special custom drivers written specifically for the > Microtel project. "The > only way someone can get Lindows 1.1 is to buy a > computer with it > pre-installed," says Hindman, vice president at > Microtel. > There has been some disdain expressed in the Linux > community over the > perception that Lindows has been reluctant to > release source code under the > terms of the GPL. Brad Kuhn of the Free Software > Foundation expressed some > concern that Lindows was going to market at > Walmart.com without a fitting > EULA. "We have promised [Lindows CEO Michael] > Robertson a rewrite of his > EULA, and it is waiting for time from our general > counsel to write one. We > do wish he'd told us in confidence that this > Wal-Mart deal was imminent; we > could have expedited the work on the EULA if we'd > known." > > > --Nash > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com
