On 9/24/05, Guntupalli Karunakar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 23 Sep 2005 23:21:01 +0530 > Sandip Bhattacharya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I wonder how many folks here have read the fine print in the latest > > of Acer's "Sub 40k" notebook ads. They bundle Linux on them, and > > mention at the bottom in small print, something like this: > > > > "The linux that is preloaded is a free version and would have > > limited functionality until another operating system is installed". > > > > Is this another way for these hardware vendors to appease Microsoft > > while trying to sell budget notebooks bundled with Linux? > > > my cousin studying at IIT bought one on bank loan yesterday from acer > mall in NP. it had some linpus linux, kernel boots & ur just dropped > into a root shell, with two partitions hda1 (linux) hda2 (windows). > & there was no linpus CD to go with it!
QED for Sandip's surmise. Customer is driving down prices for everything and in the end people on "Lal"mond Pahaadi will also follow suite? -- Sudev Barar Learning Linux _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/ Event: Freedel 2005, 17th & 18th September, 2005 - http://freedel.in
