People that work with Unix ought to install linux on their laptops, and they often can buy quite expensive laptops. I think it's more that IBM doesn't really need to support linux, their machines will still run linux. I also think that IBM is about to make a major change in this area, such as sharing space with Red Hat. That's what I'd like to see, is Red Hat sell ThinkPads and other hardware directly, then they could take the benefit from supporting that kind of installation. A hardware company doesn't really want to have to support different OSes, even if they want more than one to run on their hardware.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Warren Togami" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "LUAU" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, June 22, 2002 9:44 PM Subject: [luau] News: Why Linux-loaded laptops have sold poorly > This article has a good explanation as to why IBM dropped Linux laptops. It > is the simple fact that Linux users want to save money, and IBM laptops are > NOT cheap. This also explains why Wal Mart is making all this good press > with Microtel barebones, Lindows or Mandrake machines. > > http://newsforge.com/newsforge/02/06/21/048251.shtml?tid=7 > > _______________________________________________ > LUAU mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://videl.ics.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/luau >
