__/ [ nerdwizard ] on Thursday 10 May 2007 03:42 \__
> Dell MIGHT offer GNU/Linux on some three models, with the provisio that
> the purchaser gets ZERO SUPPORT!
>
> Toshiba will offer GNU/Linux laptops in the EU. No word on the support
> options.
Any final word on this? I have only seen one article in an Italian paper. If
you know more, please let us know. It would be big news.
> I have maintained computers since 1965 (20 years Air Force), and run
> GNU/Linux and BSD since 1997.
>
> I do NOT need 'support', and in fact provide my share to noobs. But, I
> do all this for free, as part of this huge community of fine folks who
> share.
>
> I have 94 PCs, several of which are Dells, others are Compaqs, some are
> white boxes, several are Macs, and there are 25 mainboards waiting my
> time to build them into a Knoppix Cluster.
>
> None were purchased complete or new. Most were curbside donations, gifts
> of businesses and friends I helped out.
>
> That's the background, here is my bottom line.
> I do not 'contribute' to the multiple convicted felon Microsoft
> Corporation, nor do I support the protection racket aka "trusted
> partners". At every outing to stores, 2 to 3 times each week, I answer
> questions, offer Open Source solutions, and hand out FREE Live CDroms.
>
> The big loser in the three decades of the Microsoft scandal is mankind,
> in the slowed progress of fighting world poverty through education with
> computers. Microsoft priced mankind out of the possibility of the poor
> nations' peoples profitability through access to computers.
>
> GNU/Linux and other Open Source software and OSes are free to collect,
> distribute, use, and share. Included in these are the compilers and
> programs necessary for personal advancement.
>
> Dell and Toshiba will not get the profits from the anti-malware,
> anti-spyware programs offered in Trial form on new systems that contain
> Microsoft.
>
> So, there you have it. Support FOSS, fight crime and poverty!
> The huge profit taking by Microsoft has blocked
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