About a year and a half ago, IBM (and I want to say Dell) sold laptops
and desktops with Linux installed. I still have the IBM catalogs....
Then Dell pulled their Linux option. Seems Microslop said that
offering another operating system was in violation of the agreement for
Premier Business partners. I assume that IBM is one also.
So, just like back in the Windows 3.1 arena, IBM had to install MSDOS
with Windows 3.1 on IBM PCs for retail, instead of IBM DOS (now PC DOS)
or OS/2 or TopView or....
Tom Duerbusch
THD Consulting
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My biggest frustration about the "Linux ready for the desktop" is that
IBM's home/home office page still does not have Linux as an OS
option. (Dell and Getyway, the last time I checked don't either.)
Until
IBM takes the plunge and PROVIDES Linux on the desktop it is hard to
convice users that it truely is ready!
Best Regards,
Dale Strickler
Cole Software, LLC
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