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PC OEM's do not make their money on the hardware sales. They make it upselling to accessories and add on software. With Windows there are a host of applications that can be sold to the consumer. They also make bounties from things like Anti-virus which they offer trial periods for. Linux users by and large don't buy software. That leaves the PC OEM losing money on the hardware sales. It doesn't make financial sense to pre-install Linux for consumers.
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On the Money  ShadeTree | 06/19/06
Linux users will buy software ...  shis-ka-bob | 06/19/06
The fallacy here ...  mwagner@... | 06/19/06
Will they buy the software from the OEM at ...  ShadeTree | 06/19/06
Not True  Edward Meyers | 06/19/06
Read what I said ...  ShadeTree | 06/19/06
I considered it  Edward Meyers | 06/19/06
The ugly truth is many Linux vendors ...  ShadeTree | 06/19/06
Only becuase they don't think it out  Edward Meyers | 06/19/06
We offer Linux and I can assure you...  ShadeTree | 06/19/06
Apple faces the same problem ...  mwagner@... | 06/20/06
Only a few people BUILD anything  agramont@... | 06/20/06
Linux: It's all in the price.  Zogg | 06/20/06
Linspire  Edward Meyers | 06/20/06
RE: Edward  ShadeTree | 06/21/06
That has to change.  mwagner@... | 06/20/06
You are correct about ...  mwagner@... | 06/19/06
Unfortunately Redhat is not interested and ...  ShadeTree | 06/19/06
Sorry...Wrong.....  linux_for_me | 06/20/06
Twenty-five percent ...  mwagner@... | 06/20/06
Linux and scaling  shis-ka-bob | 06/19/06
LEt me rephrase for you.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/19/06
loving the trolling  Scott W | 06/19/06
Scalability ...  mwagner@... | 06/19/06
scalability.... what?  diane wilson | 06/19/06
You made my point ...  mwagner@... | 06/19/06
interesting  Scott W | 06/19/06
older versions of windows  diane wilson | 06/19/06
According to the W3c browser stats  fredsmith6 | 06/20/06
There is not money to be made ...  mwagner@... | 06/20/06
DSL, Puppy, Austrumi, Beatrix, Etc Etc  Edward Meyers | 06/20/06
Get real  duanedfish@... | 06/21/06
Sweeping generalities  Yagotta B. Kidding | 06/19/06
accessibility  diane wilson | 06/19/06
Revealing questions  Yagotta B. Kidding | 06/19/06
Strawman arguement.  ShadeTree | 06/19/06
Not quite true.....  linux_for_me | 06/20/06
At last report only 60% of IBM has been ...  ShadeTree | 06/21/06
IBM and Novell don't matter ...  mwagner@... | 06/21/06
My point exactly!  ShadeTree | 06/21/06
Reading closely...  bportlock | 06/19/06
rereading closely...  diane wilson | 06/19/06
Regarding thin clients ...  mwagner@... | 06/20/06
When you have something that works...  Anton Philidor | 06/19/06
Linux is better but it just doesn't matter  whieber | 06/19/06
Linux is better is a matter of opinion.  ShadeTree | 06/19/06
Making the "right" choice ...  mwagner@... | 06/20/06
Role of Linux  Anti_Zealot | 06/20/06
And that is why ...  mwagner@... | 06/20/06
Then how do you explain  duanedfish@... | 06/21/06
Novell can target the desktop all they want ...  mwagner@... | 06/22/06
Everyting in its place  Yagotta B. Kidding | 06/20/06
Not necessarily ...  mwagner@... | 06/21/06
Linux fans seem to forget the realities of manufacturing and  allancrf | 06/20/06
It doesn't work that way.  linux_for_me | 06/20/06
The images are done at the PC ....  ShadeTree | 06/21/06
Images  Xwindowsjunkie | 06/20/06
LINUX  Neal Saferstein | 06/20/06
Linux on the desktop, no money in it  Xwindowsjunkie | 06/20/06
Linux already a consumer OS...  LazLong | 06/20/06
Linspire misadventure experience  ack82@... | 07/13/06
Its all about marketing  hoiatl | 07/13/06

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