It's nice to hear. There are a lot of places around the world that have these same type of computers.
mav CCNA, CCA --- On Wed, 10/31/07, Tracy R Reed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Tracy R Reed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Finally, Linux preinstalled in retail stores > To: Main Discussion List for KPLUG <[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, October 31, 2007, 9:45 PM > According to this article: > > http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2007/10/200-everex-gree.html > > two Wal-Mart stores in the San Diego area are selling a > $200 computer > that comes with Ubuntu preinstalled. I am tempted to start > calling > around to find out which one it is if I thought there was > any chance > that someone who answered the phone might know if their > store carried > them. I may just have to visit a few until I find one. > > > Things like this really tick me off: > > http://blog.mandriva.com/2007/10/31/an-open-letter-to-steve-ballmer/ > > but the hardware is getting so small and cheap and Windows > so big and > bloated that I think we are now at the point where it will > soon be > impossible to install Windows on some of these cheap > computers that ship > with Linux pre-installed. If they really provided Windows > for free in > the above case it seems like a classic case of dumping. I > have heard > rumors that Microsoft is trying to get Windows to run on > the OLPC but > that is going to be such a big PITA to pull off and the > Windows would be > so crippled that I don't think they could possibly gain > anything by it. > > -- > Tracy R Reed Read my blog at > http://ultraviolet.org > Key fingerprint = D4A8 4860 535C ABF8 BA97 25A6 F4F2 1829 > 9615 02AD > Non-GPG signed mail gets read only if I can find it among > the spam. > > > -- > [email protected] > http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
