HP/Compaq Presario and Linux

[Jerry Feldman]

On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 13:56:58 -0500
Jon maddog Hall <maddog at li.org> wrote:

> It is not just that they want to "save the cost of the CD", but some
companies
> are ordering systems without CD drives because they want a thin client
on the
> desktop...something without floppies and/or a CD...something that
could
> boot over the network and be diskless or be (re)installed standalone
with only
> a hard disk.
> 
> All data comes through the corporate server.
> 
> They view floppies, CDs and USB Flash devices as just another way of
having
> games and viruses introduced into the work environment.
Agreed. My new desktop does have a DVD drive, but the preinstalled
WindowsXP was upgraded to the corporate environment. 
-- 
Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix user group
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