"not run very well" and
"Not run at all" are two different things. He's going to be selling these computers to people who don't currently own a computer. They probably don't have any bearing for how fast or slow Windows is so a slow Linux probably won't make a difference to them. Most likely these people have never used Windows so there won't really be a Windows->Linux learning curve. So at least with Suse they might be able to get help from someone or the net, but with Damn Small Linux when they ask for help they're just going to get strange looks. Hmm... well they'll probably get strange looks either way, but ... BB
