Sandip Bhattacharya 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

No

> while 
> trying to sell budget notebooks bundled with Linux?

Yes.

--
Sanjeev "ghane" Gupta


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