I dont see Motherboard manufacturuers as a very good distrubution outlet. Sure
it would be better than nothing... motherboard manufacturers have started
providing linux drivers with their windows drivers, and that is good... I
still think McDonalds would be a rockin' distribution system. If every Happy
MealTM had a linux install cd (either packaged inside, or as part of the
package (cut it out, and pop it in your cdrom drive...)
While were on the topic, what about US Postal Service? is there a better
distribution model? AOL not olny sends thier cd's through the mail, but now
they leave a pile of them in the post office... pity no linux distributor has
done it... If I was distributing linux cd's... Id start with the post office
and work fast food distribution...
I wouldnt mind seeing Hard drive manufacturers shipping hard drives with
linux pre-installed... it might be easier for people to learn linux than
installing windows!
Jamie
On Friday 22 November 2002 09:24 am, Bob Miller wrote:
: mike wrote:
: > My brother got a new motherboard today and one cd they sent with it has
: > Thiz Linux. im gonna check it out
:
: So all the motherboard manufacturers are going to provide Linux CDs,
: but it's not a very good Linux, and a lot of people are going to get
: their first taste of Linux from these CDs and might not like it, and
: Microsoft might even try to sue the board makers for failing to pay
: the OS tax since it's clear that nobody runs Thiz, so they must all be
: running pirated copies of DOS XP.
:
: If I were a marketing wienie at RedHat, Mandrake, Lycoris, or any of
: the other commercial distros, I'd be trying hard to cut deals with the
: board makers to give them CDs at about half a penny over cost. Or
: else I'd try to get Thiz to put their label on my CD.
:
: Maybe the board makers just haven't considered that they can get
: RedHat or Mandrake for the same cost as Thiz.
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