If I recall correctly, a friend that works for Informix (now part of IBM) said that the contract with Microsoft for their desktop and laptop for business and home/home office lines was just negotiated. I think we are stuck for a while with this. I just sent an email to him to confirm this.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Andy Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 11:29 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Getting Linux on a retail laptop, without paying for Windows On Monday 10 February 2003 08:23, John Nichel wrote: > The mother of a good friend of mine is a VP for IBM (in sales), and > according to his mother, IBM is still bound by M$ contract to do this. That is what I thought. Can you have your friend find out how log this contractual obligation will be in effect? Please post to this list when you find out. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
