Walmart.com sells Microtel PC with SuSE Linux software

Bill Mullen moon at lunarhub.com
Mon Jul 14 13:32:55 EDT 2003


On Mon, 14 Jul 2003, Sharpe, Richard wrote:

> And I believe IBM already offers SuSE and Redhat on their PC's

These are very promising developments for Linux, IMHO; as we all know, the 
most daunting aspect of running Linux for most people is the current need 
to install and configure it oneself. Preloads from reputable HW makers 
will remove that factor, and make it more likely that businesses (HP/IBM) 
and home users (WalMart) will be willing to "take the plunge". They also 
present Linux on a relatively equal footing with M$'s offerings, which is 
a milestone in and of itself.

As a Mandrake devotee, I'm particularly excited about the HP deal ... it 
comes at an excellent time, just as the company has announced that they 
expect to successfully emerge from the Frech equivalent of Chapter 11 by 
the end of the year - the endorsement of the company and its product that 
is implicit in the HP contract can only help them in that regard.

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