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[News] OpenOffice.org at Wal-mart is Declared a Success (Fantastic Repsonse)

  • Subject: [News] OpenOffice.org at Wal-mart is Declared a Success (Fantastic Repsonse)
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 23:59:15 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
  • User-agent: KNode/0.10.4
OpenOffice.org Free Software Proves a Success at WalMart

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| On July 18th 2007, Everex launched its first 'Back to School' PC with 
| OpenOffice.org 2.02 into WalMart stores throughout the United States. The 
| response was fantastic.  
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http://www.linuxelectrons.com/news/application/12215/openoffice-org-free-software-proves-success-walmart
http://tinyurl.com/2w98cv


Recent:

Wal-Mart to sell $300 PC with OpenOffice

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| Dell followed a similar strategy on July 10 when it withheld bloatware from 
| its new Vostro line of PCs for small business users after a long campaign by 
| bloggers and Dell customers against common practice by PC vendors of loading 
| unrequested software onto new computers. Software companies fund the effort 
| as a way to find new users.    
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20070718/tc_infoworld/90292


Wal-mart to offer low-cost Linux PC?

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| Wal-Mart will sell a sub-$300 "back-to-school" PC this fall pre-loaded with 
| Microsoft Windows Vista and OpenOffice.org productivity software. The Everex 
| GC3502 PC is based on a 1.7GHz Via C7-D processor, and will be available 
| later this year preloaded with Ubuntu Linux.   
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http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS6819255233.html

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