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Re: [PLUG] Walmart dumps Linux PCs
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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
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