Wal-Mart shipping PCs with Lindows preinstalled

[zscoundrel]

Probably not the best thing for Linux, but it is a good thing for the 
industry.  Wal-Mart is a 600 pound gorilla in retail sales and they are 
NOT afraid to throw their weight around.

I am sure this is just a ploy to get better terms from the Hell Hounds 
in Redmond, but we may benefit from it.  If they are going to offer 
Linux machines, I suspect that they will then start to offer after 
market apps.

BTW, Sams Club has been offering boxed RedHat linux since back in the 
5.1/5.2 days. . . I bought several versions from them.

Aaron 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.
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>>Kind of interesting..
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>>In a move that appears to be a coup for Michael Robertson et al,
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>>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.
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>>http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/25734.html
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