why I fear open source can't win the war

Paul Sutton zleap-Tp5KeRqLOeNeoWH0uzbU5w at public.gmane.org
Sat Aug 5 23:41:36 UTC 2006


acer are selling laptops pre installed with Linux,


Paul

Kush wrote:
> Though IBM and others seem to back linux, yet when one goes to buy 
> branded laptops, even IBM is selling windows xp preinstalled. Not to 
> mention sony, hp, dell etc and the others.
> 
> I went with a friend to a computer shop to look at some of the laptops 
> and the sales assistants were not ready to uninstall XP from the IBM 
> machines and take off its cost from the sales price.
> 
> Why are these companies paying only lip service to backing linux and 
> what can be done? Is the problem unique to Canada or is it prevalent in 
> the US also where I believe there is much more competition and consumer 
> choice?
> 
> Kush
> 
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