Wal-Mart shipping PCs with Lindows preinstalled

[Aaron]

Yes.  What's going to happen when the first person calls tech support to ask
why thier kid's game doesn't run?  Look, I love Linux as much as the next
guy but I'm one of those few that believe it needs to stay in the server
market for another few years.

You want a good, consumer grade Unix operating system?  Max OS X is great.
A retarded monkey can use it yet it still has the Unix features we all love.

I just think that the Walmart PC's will end up ticking off the consumer and
giving Lindows a bad rap before it really has a chance to mature.

Aaron

> So your saying, that you would rather them be selling Microshit Windows (I
can hear the glass breaking as we speak) at Wal-Mart than a linux system
such as Mandrake or Redhat?  I dare call ye a Linux Evangalist!
>
>
> On Mon, 17 Jun 2002 00:14:50 -0500
> "Aaron" <aaron at aarons.net> wrote:
>
> >
> > Hmmm...  This could be a bad thing.  Think of the average person that
would
> > buy a machine at WalMart and then imagine them with Linux.  I don't
think
> > this would have been my first choice for an entry point to the market.
> >
> > Aaron
> >
> > > Kind of interesting..
> > >
> > > In a move that appears to be a coup for Michael Robertson et al,
> > Wal-Mart's
> > > online store is offering eight different Microtel PCs with LindowsOS
> > > included. The computers sell for USD$299 to $599 and ship in one to
seven
> > > days.
> > >
> > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/25734.html