On Sun, 2003-07-06 at 17:08, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: > James Sparenberg wrote: > > Check it out pre-loaded 9.1 boxes for $349.00 US. > > > > http://mozillaquest.com/Linux_News03/HP-Mandrake-Linux-Desktop-PC_Story01.html > > And see the Mandrake announcement on http://www.linuxmandrake.com > > I think the main points of this agreement are: > > 1. Corporate customers can buy Linux and still have the brand PCs and > the support they're used to have.
Agreed, and the strength of HP is now the strength of MDK. With the WalMart PC the image is cheap (even though a white box is a white box in many ways.) HP carries an image of quality and reliability (even though I cuss daily at the pressario desktops at work.) > > 2. The contract does not concern a limited region like the Walmart > thing (Mandrake Linux PCs were never offered in Europe) but HP offers > them worldwide. That's why I stated the price as US.... didn't know the Euro price or the AU price. I wonder how this will stack up with the low cost Linux Laptop in the Thai market. > > 3. HP is the first big one telling the public that they offer desktop > PCs with Linux. Moreso they made this contract with a company which is > still running in Chapter 11 mode. This will help MDK "prove" that it's a temporary problem rather than a permanent one. > > wobo
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