--- Edmund Cramp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Let's look at the possibilities: > > 1. Maybe WalMart will sell a hell of a lot of > computers and there will > finally enough businesss out there to support the PC > tech shops out there > who employ Linux techs... this would make it easier > to get businesses > interested because there could finally be support > for Linux at a commercial > level...
Good point, and hope it happens. > 2. America splits into two classes. There will be > the middle class Naomi > and Christophers, who run Windows on ComHPaq systems > - the other side of the > coin will be Billy Wayne and Rayleen who use Linux > on WalMart boxes (OK so > they'll probably both have AOL as an ISP)... Wow. This would make a really fun cyberpunk short story. Remember Gibson's "high-tech low-life" theme? Redneck cyberpunks ... I like it. > 3. WalMart sells 100,000 computers in the first year > but Lindows goes out of > business so everyone with a WalMart "borrows" a copy > of W98SE and installs > in on their system. Microsoft sues Wal-Mart for > "knowingly distributing a > device used to illegally copy software", Sony, > Warner, BMG, EMI and > Universal sue WalMart for "selling a device used to > distribute software used > to defeat copy protection on music CDs" (Magic > Markers used by kiddies to > black-out the copy-protection track on the new > CD's). Forced to fight a > battle on two fronts WalMart files Chapter-11. Never gonna happen. WalMart pulls in more money and generates more taxes than both M$ and the RIAA combined, so who do you think the US Govt is going to back? I see the DMCA being challenged and defeated in this case, so we still win. John Hebert __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com
