The programmers of ELX are from India and their offices are located there. I also noticed grammatical inconsistancies on the website however that may not be very important.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Crosby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, June 15, 2002 5:54 AM Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Wal-Mart Shipping PCs with Lindows Preinstalled > I've never heard of Elx before but this was on their website: > > Installation process will detects local MS Windows file systems and mounts > them. > > I just thought it was funny. Maybe it's kind of early yet. > > Jeff > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ed Richards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, June 14, 2002 3:47 PM > Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Wal-Mart Shipping PCs with Lindows Preinstalled > > > > I guess I have mixed feelings about all of this. I am really glad to see > > somebody step up to the plate that can afford to literally give Billy > > Boy a run for his money, but I also think that Bryan makes some good > > points as well. That being said, this might present an excellent > > opportunity for us to expand our ranks and sphere of influence since > > there will be potentially MANY more newbies needing help and wanting to > > get away from the Redmond Rash! Does anyone have any contacts in the > > management of Wal-Mart? As far as Linux on the desktop goes, I am > > totally sold on ELX. I have it on one machine here at home, will be > > installing it on another this weekend as well as a second OS on my > > laptop at work. I am also very interested in trying Lindows once it is > > "ready for prime time". Anyone else have any thoughts in this regard? > > > > Ed Richards > > Oldie, but another Linux newbie! > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, 2002-06-14 at 17:42, Byron Como wrote: > > > I'm not convinced this will be a_good_thing. Reason being Lindows is > > > probably not the best representative to carry the Linux flag. Yall > should > > > read the documentation on the website, especially the part about "Who > should > > > not subscribe..." The secoond is that if WalMart decides that the Linux > > > marketing seas get too rough they could pull out at anytime, leaving the > > > stranded users to sink or swim as they can on their own. That said, the > > > Japanese proverb "A man can't stand in a swiftly running stream applies > > > here." as does "The only thing constant is change." > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >
