TuskenTower on 11 Mar 2008 07:23:10 -0700 |
On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 12:41 AM, Art Clemons <artclemons@aol.com> wrote: > > we should all dump walmart, :-) > > While I don't disagree with the above (I have never shopped walmart), it > does seem strange that folks who are likely purchasing computers based > more on price than any other issue won't buy a Linux PC, which is > cheaper to use and get software for than comparable desktops based on > the other OS, and said folks actually end up spending more. > > Despite not liking Walmart, I would like to see more folks using Linux > and also issues like not having to search here and there for drivers to > make things like wireless cards work without using ndiswrapper. Unless > there is obvious money to be made, open source drivers won't be created, > nor will interfaces for closed source drivers which comply with the new > scheme for not violating GPL rules. I wanted to see a lot of Walmart > PCs despite not particularly caring for Walmart. For what its worth, from the article: "Walmart.com, the chain's e-commerce site, had sold Linux-based computers before and will continue selling the gPC." The computers are not gone from Walmary altogether, just moved. The optimist in me looks at this as a sign that they realized that they were a bit early and scaled back. Amul ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
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