Bob Easton wrote:
>
> On 23 Mar 99, at 21:43, Fred A. Miller wrote:
>
> >
> > http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/special/delllinux.html
> > --
> Quoting from that article (about Dell preloading Linux):
> "In order to get Linux preinstalled on their machines, users
> must foot a $20 fee (which is $20 more than a system with
> Windows NT preinstalled)."
> Is this for real? They expect someone to pay, in effect, close
> to $200 for Linux? Maybe the author misspoke.
> -Bob
>
Na. Nothing like $200. No doubt Dell customers choosing Linux will be
paying the m$ tax, however.
Also, they arn't going to pay someone to install Linux on each machine.
They will do pretty much the same as they do for Win or NT. Just use a
"Blaster" to blast the installed Linux image onto the disk, and set the
CDROM to fire a configuration program to adjust the installation to the
configuration the user has purchased. That means they will have scripts
on their setup that will choose which peripherals the user chose out of
those available for a Linux install.
I would go with VA Research. They know what they are doing.
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