>While I can see that this may be the case in Australia,
>all folks in the US have to do is pick up the phone and dial a
toll-free
>number to order a preinstalled Linux system.
Actually, I read the Nader letter to IBM, he was unable to purchase a
computer from anyone that he tried, and he provided a long list, sans
windows let alone with another operating system installed. Of course he
was talking 'NAME' brands, non the less, it appears that the options for
pre-installed Linux are few.
Regards
Greg
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From: Kit Cosper
To: Bradley, Greg
Subject: Re: Linux Bigot.
Date: Monday, 15 June 1998 8:30PM
[...]
>
> Anyway, I think the question really should be, why WOULDN'T you use
> Linux, I can think of only one, it is very difficult to by it
> pre-installed on a machine, but Corel for instance, and a few others,
> are now even addressing that issue.
>
An excellent response. I wonder how many this guy will actually
read? Only one thing I see a problem with, and that's the last line of
your message. While I can see that this may be the case in Australia,
all folks in the US have to do is pick up the phone and dial a toll-free
number to order a preinstalled Linux system. And at a price that's
competitive with Dell, Gateway, Micron, etc. We've been doing this for
over 2 years, VA Research has been around for 3 or 4 years, and there
are others as well. And more importantly we support Linux and
Open Source software through contributions and membership fees.
The more computers we sell, the more we can afford to promote Linux, and
the less we have to worry about folks like this.
Regards,
--Kit
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