"Doug Mentohl" <doug_mentohl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> schreef in bericht
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> on 01/05/07 16:01 Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>>| Some of you may be thinking, "Why is this such a big deal?" Linspire
>>| has been successful in getting smaller OEMs (original equipment
>>| manufacturers) to offer Linux on the desktop for years. ..
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> Wal-Mart did have a deal to sell Linspire but I believe they dropped it
> and instead did a joint MS/Novell deal.
>
> http://www.novell.com/news/press/microsoft_and_novell_alliance_embraced_by_wal_mart
You're misinformed or misguided. The press release you're talking about is
for servers being employed by Wal Mart for their internal operations.
The Linspire deal is about desktops/laptops being sold by Wal Mart to retail
customers:
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=3504708
They're still going strong and very cheap. Haven't heard too much about
them, though.
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