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Wrong offer
Wal-Mart (and other companies) should not sell a PC as a Linux machine. They should have an option to sell the PC: 1) without OS, 2) a Linux distro, 3) Windows XP and 4) Windows Vista.

The user would choose the model and the OS.

Along with the boxes he would be given a DVD with an image of the selected OS (or none), ready to run on the selected model with all drivers.

He would then pay according to the price of the hardware and the OS (some fee could be charged for the Linux configuration)

Just my 2cents...
Posted by: plino   Posted on: 03/12/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Is this thing on??  spidermac | 03/12/08
They weren't left on the shelves  fr0thy@... | 03/12/08
WalMart IS as Evil as MicroShaft - That's Just an Undisputed Fact  drprod@... | 03/13/08
well, your statement was proven wrong...  Mitch 74 | 03/17/08
Wrong offer  plino | 03/12/08
good idea  Badgered | 03/12/08
GREAT! Provided WalMart could sell a sub-$500 Mac  drprod@... | 03/13/08
Preinstalled OS  pjotr123 | 03/12/08
I disagress  bportlock | 03/12/08
Oops!!  bportlock | 03/12/08
you had a lolcat moment there. [n/m]  lostarchitect | 03/12/08
More than one I think! (nt)  bportlock | 03/13/08
"Your Disagrees - Let Me Show You It"  drprod@... | 03/13/08
As a PC OEM ....  ShadeTree | 03/12/08
The critical mass  fr0thy@... | 03/12/08
hear hear  deaf_e_kate | 03/13/08
Well, Windoze Know-Nothings like Shade are NOTHING New  drprod@... | 03/13/08
You fight the power!!!  nucrash | 03/13/08
Sales require customer knowledge  Letophoro | 03/12/08
Not the first Walmart PCs with Linux  hgh9mrp@... | 03/12/08
Low end PC market will decline  Heatlesssun1 | 03/12/08
Good point...  nucrash | 03/13/08
EEE PC, anybody?  drprod@... | 03/13/08
re: Low end market will decline  super_J | 03/13/08
RE: Why the Wal-Mart  Hemlock Stones | 03/12/08
It fails to advertise its merits and translates into sales figures  Boot_Agnostic | 03/12/08
Oh how I would love to see an OpenOffice.org Commercial  nucrash | 03/13/08
Since OO is so relative to StarO  Boot_Agnostic | 03/14/08
Not bad for Linux  mrdatahs ZDNet Moderator | 03/13/08
RE: Why the Wal-Mart  trentreviso | 03/13/08

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