Looks like I'm going to have to play with ELX now... :) John Hebert
--- "Richards, Ed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From Richards, Ed Mon Jun 17 13:28:11 2002 > From: "Richards, Ed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: CCCC Mtg tonite > Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2002 15:28:11 -0500 > > Hi John, > > I can't post to the list from here so I am e-mailing > you directly. I got ELX > successfully loaded onto my Compaq Presario 1825 > laptop this afternoon so I > will be bringing it to the meeting tonite. The > install routine found > EVERYTHING and configured it correctly. I was able > to set up my company user > name and password and log directly into our > corporate network just as if I > was running Windoze. Plus, I was able to get to > places in Network > Neighborhood under ELX that I had never even seen > before under Windoze. > Needless to say, I am PUMPED! I configured my HP > Deskjet 600C and printed > out the test page perfectly. I started configuring > one of the network > printers but ELX apparently doesn't have drivers for > the Minolta Di450 > printers. I will have to work that out a bit later. > Also, I got a neat > e-mail from the Lindows folks that you may want to > share with the group > regarding the Wal-Mart deal. The e-mail is pasted > below: > > Michael's Minute: > > Wal-Mart, Warehouse, $299, Wow > > Today, we announced the first place in the world > where you can buy a > computer running LindowsOS - Walmart.com > (lindows.com/walmart). The complete > line-up of computers running LindowsOS ranges in > price from $299- $599. Some > in the press may write about this development > because it's not every day a > new operating system becomes available on computers. > They may write that > it's a major milestone for nine-month-old > Lindows.com to partner with the > world's largest retailer. Perhaps they'll mention > how it's a sign that > Linux® technology will play a larger roll on > consumer desktops in the > future. Or maybe they'll commend Wal-Mart and > Microtel for giving consumers > choice in spite of pressure from a monopolist not to > do so. All of which is > true. > > However, there's actually two more significant > developments from today's > announcement that likely won't get coverage. The > combination of lower cost > PCs and affordable software will reinvigorate the > technology market by > spurring new uses and new demand for personal > computers. At the same time, > complete digital delivery of software will > permanently change the software > industry as we know it. > > First computers pre-installed with LindowsOS > > For about the cost of a game console with a couple > controllers, a shopper > can now buy a sufficiently powered computer for most > tasks in a business, > school or home. This means a lot more people will > buy them for a lot more > uses. Schools can now afford a row of computers in > each classroom. Every > household can afford the benefit of computing to > better their lives. No > longer will computers be a planned family purchase > costing thousands, but > rather they'll be more like TVs where every > household has at least one and > many have multiple units. And no business - no > matter what the size - will > be disadvantaged by their inability to afford > computers. The combination of > an efficient computer manufacturer and the removal > of a $100 per-machine > Microsoft tax have made it possible to rollout a > line of computers > affordable for any budget. > > But an even more significant dimension of today's > announcement is the > Click-N-Run Warehouse, which radically changes the > software business. > Previously outfitting a computer could cost over a > thousand dollars, > requiring a considerable amount of technical > experience and time. The > software industry has not changed the ways it does > business since > pre-Internet days. In spite of a radically different > computing landscape > (Internet, low-cost PCs, etc.), the lack of > competition has kept consumers > from experiencing the full benefit of innovation and > the economic benefit > that comes from it. > > Click-N-Run Warehouse stocked with over 1,000 > programs > > Click-N-Run is a novel delivery system and pricing > model for software where > a consumer can pay a single payment of just $99 for > a membership to a > warehouse of over 1,000 products - which they can > own permanently. All the > LindowsOS computers from Walmart.com can be plugged > into a DSL, cable modem > or modem line and get instant access to a library > which normally could cost > thousands of dollars. Each computer comes with a > trial account which allows > for any 3 programs to be loaded from the Click-N-Run > Warehouse to experience > the technology. From there, unlimited access for a > year is available for > $99. > > LindowsOS is delivering on the much heralded promise > of complete digital > delivery of software and making it point-and-shoot > easy with Click-N-Run. > All of the programs in the Click-N-Run Warehouse can > be downloaded, > installed and ready to use with a single mouse > click. > > No registration process. No serial numbers or > activation codes. No > configuration hassles -- just 24/7-access to a > library of software titles > from a wide-range of categories. In this area, > LindowsOS users are > experiencing powerful technology, not available to > Microsoft or Apple > customers. > > We're excited about this major step for Lindows.com > to partner with Wal-Mart > and Microtel to bring affordable computing to middle > America. Users > purchasing these computers will be experiencing the > future of software > delivery today as they browse and deploy hundreds of > programs via the > Click-N-Run Warehouse. > > Michael Robertson > > Please feel free to visit http://support.lindows.com > to get the answers to > your questions you may have about LindowsOS or > Lindows.com. > > Bringing choice to your computer! > > Lindows.com has released LindowsOS SPX to a select > group of Insiders. The > Sneak Previews are not fully completed products but > showcase many of the > unique features such as a "Friendly-Install" > alongside an existing Microsoft > Windows operating system, a streamlined installation > process which requires > no computer knowledge and the ability to run popular > Windows-based programs. > This will be followed by the final version due out > later in the year. For > more information see www.lindows.com/products > > LindowsOS and Lindows.com are trademarks of > Lindows.com, Inc. Linux® is a > registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. Microsoft® > Windows® operating system > is a registered trademark or service mark of the > Microsoft Corporation. > > I think you can also like to it at > http://www.lindows.com/walmart > <http://www.lindows.com/walmart> I can't get there > from here. You know how > corporate firewalls are. > > See you tonite with toyz in hand! > > Ed Richards, PE > Senior Staff Engineer > Ford Bacon & Davis, LLC > Office - 225-297-3335 > Cell - 225-964-2606 > Fax - 225-756-3056 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com
