I don't think you could escape it on the laptops, however if you went with a locally built Itec machine from Insite they can probably sell it without an OS.
jeremyb. > From: Julian Carver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2002/05/10 Fri AM 11:20:26 GMT+12:00 > To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: licentiousness > > Folks, > > We're just in the process of buying some new hardware. The people we're > using have advocated Compaq gear, and we're keen to go with what they're > offering. We're intending to use Red Hat on the server, desktop & laptop. > > The problem is that on the laptop & desktop lines they can't unbundle > the Windows OS, and there's no way we can prevent money going to > Microsoft. This just isn't acceptable to me. > > Has anyone else come up against this? What vendors are there that are > free of this lockin? > > Julian > > ---------------------------------------------------- > Seradigm - Knowledge Management > Julian Carver [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ph (03) 332 2147 cell 021 684 147 www.seradigm.com > ---------------------------------------------------- > > >
