IBM laptop

[James Knott]

Evan Leibovitch wrote:

> IBM never publicly offered a desktop or laptop PC without the Microsoft
> tax; its high-end models wouldn't even give you the option of the
> less-expensive XP Home. Most specialized Thinkpad support for Linux was
> developed by the community, not IBM. Significant proprietary software
> add-ons such as the "Access IBM" help system were never made available
> for Linux. My support calls were always met by polite reminders that
> official Linux Thinkpad support has never existed. Arguably community
> interest due to the large market share of Thinkpads has as much to do
> with their level of Linux support as anything IBM did. I subscribe to
> the linux-on-thinkpad mailing list; the only postings from ibm.com are
> "so-and-so is out of the office".

Actually, a few years back, they did sell some computers with OS/2 and
they also have a "Linux certified" list, which says what ThinkPads are
known to work well with Linux.
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