I heard the computer has a modem and doesn't support it. Thats rather bad if you ask me because that target market probably doesn't have allot of cash and would probably go with dial up :/
On 10/31/07, Tracy R Reed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > According to this article: > > http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2007/10/200-everex-gree.html > > two Wal-Mart stores in the San Diego area are selling a $200 computer > that comes with Ubuntu preinstalled. I am tempted to start calling > around to find out which one it is if I thought there was any chance > that someone who answered the phone might know if their store carried > them. I may just have to visit a few until I find one. > > > Things like this really tick me off: > > http://blog.mandriva.com/2007/10/31/an-open-letter-to-steve-ballmer/ > > but the hardware is getting so small and cheap and Windows so big and > bloated that I think we are now at the point where it will soon be > impossible to install Windows on some of these cheap computers that ship > with Linux pre-installed. If they really provided Windows for free in > the above case it seems like a classic case of dumping. I have heard > rumors that Microsoft is trying to get Windows to run on the OLPC but > that is going to be such a big PITA to pull off and the Windows would be > so crippled that I don't think they could possibly gain anything by it. > > -- > Tracy R Reed Read my blog at http://ultraviolet.org > Key fingerprint = D4A8 4860 535C ABF8 BA97 25A6 F4F2 1829 9615 02AD > Non-GPG signed mail gets read only if I can find it among the spam. > > > -- > KPLUG-List@kernel-panic.org > http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list > -- KPLUG-List@kernel-panic.org http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
