The point wasn't that you couldn't get Linux on a laptop from those
vendors...it was that you couldn't order a laptop with no OS on it from
those vendors, and even if you could, you'd probably have to pay for a
license for Windows anyhow.
On 27 Feb 2001, Brady Montz wrote:
> "John C. Flohr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > "Last time I checked, Dell and others were the same as IBM."
> >
> > Classic Microsoft bashing here - no idea what you're talking about!
>
> I certainly think so for Dell.
>
> My company has had nice luck ordering various workstations and servers from
> Dell preconfigured with Linux. Dell did a solid job on the installation. Had
> no complaints about the linux installation. Now, I don't know what the price
> they charged was. But we live in a freely capitalist society, and Dell and IBM
> are free to charge what they want. As long as they are doing good installs,
> they are doing their job and I won't complain. Our job is to get demand to
> the point where the price comes down.
>
>
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