On Fri, Feb 22, 2002 at 12:46:40PM -0600, Jima wrote: > On Fri, 22 Feb 2002, Steve Grobe wrote: > > First Dell sells systems with Linux preinstalled, > > IBM starts selling mainframes with Linux, > > HP starts supporting Linux on some workstations, > > and now Walmart (the largest company in the world) > > is offering systems without windows preinstalled. > > Yep. I actually brought this up at the beermeeting last night. The > general response I got was people pointing out that the hardware wasn't > that great. I'm sorry, but this really does set a precedent. It's a big > deal, and the timing was excellent. Microsoft can't make a strong move > against Walmart, not with antitrust accusations hanging over their head. That's not the reason... M$ gladly f***s Dell and HP right now. The reason is that WalMart is bigger than M$. florin -- "If it's not broken, let's fix it till it is." 41A9 2BDE 8E11 F1C5 87A6 03EE 34B3 E075 3B90 DFE4 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 232 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20020222/ce79c7f9/attachment.pgp