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most of these used computers will presumably have OEM win95/win98 on
And in most cases this will be the OEM software that was
shipped with the computer. This sort of sounds like a gouging
scheme somehow to me.
Traditionally a vast number of these computers have had linux
installed and they've been sent to Africa and so on.

But by far and away most PCs go into landfill. As 1GHz desktops
start at $50 or so on ebay, and 15 million PCs go into landfill in
the US every year, it's hard to see what Eiger will do to that
trend. Certainly old PCs from big corporates will definitely
continue to go into landfill since it is far too expensive for a big
corporation to administer say an ebay sale for such value-less
items. (Office rent for a week would be more than the value of
30 of them).

A brand new 2.4GHz Dell with CRT and Windows XP Home is
something like $250.
I just can't see the economics of EIGER. Who would buy it?
Maybe it will sell well as an upgrade to Win98 machines, if sold
for $10. But for a lot of Win98 machines, this is more than the
PC is worth.
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Silly Wabbit, older PCs are for Linux..  Xunil_Sierutuf | 05/12/05
Not any more...  ye | 05/12/05
Now that I would have to have verified to believe.  Laff | 05/12/05
I second that  nucrash | 05/12/05
You're welcome to try it yourself...  ye | 05/12/05
KDE and GNOME eye-candy are just as bloated...  Knorthern Knight | 05/12/05
Yes Fedora 3 is a pig  osreinstall | 05/13/05
RULE: Run Up to date Linux Everywhere  David Mohring | 05/12/05
If...if...if  ye | 05/12/05
*Replace* not remove functionality  David Mohring | 05/12/05
But does it have feature parity?  ye | 05/12/05
WHAT functionality? You need to be  michael-t | 05/12/05
I asked for feature parity...  ye | 05/12/05
No surprise :  michael-t | 05/12/05
Make a feature list  toomuchgreeatea@... | 05/12/05
Remember, KDE and Gnome are GUIs, not Linux..  Xunil_Sierutuf | 05/12/05
More than that...  ye | 05/12/05
I've used XP with 128 once before.. not pretty..  Xunil_Sierutuf | 05/12/05
I have...  ye | 05/12/05
Suggestion  toomuchgreeatea@... | 05/12/05
Right.....  michael-t | 05/12/05
Re-take your logic class, please.  CobraA1 | 05/12/05
SuSE 9.3  Linux User 147560 | 05/12/05
Right, I Believe You  nikoli | 05/13/05
Where do you live?  Linux User 147560 | 05/13/05
Addnedum  Linux User 147560 | 05/13/05
Yep, Linux has been there, done that  BobF_z | 05/13/05
Damn Small Linux, LTSP and saving with WINE  David Mohring | 05/12/05
Feature parity...  ye | 05/12/05
386/25...? Now you're just being plain silly.  Xunil_Sierutuf | 05/12/05
How so?  ye | 05/12/05
Maybe you can give a list  toomuchgreeatea@... | 05/12/05
You still have one of those that actually runs?  balsover | 05/13/05
He says how Linux won't run on it with  Hugh Jass | 05/14/05
Microsoft & Older PC's  wadeprater | 05/12/05
Microsoft tries to breathe life into older PCs  Loverock Davidson | 05/12/05
All depends upon the pricing.  Judas I. | 05/12/05
It would be worth it  Loverock Davidson | 05/13/05
Are your clients running apps via Terminal Services  Hugh Jass | 05/14/05
Both  Loverock Davidson | 05/14/05
Should be good for business  DarthRidiculous | 05/12/05
MS is openly  michael-t | 05/12/05
ye,it's the vulnerable 'features' that Linux lacks ...  David Mohring | 05/12/05
It's no longer XP...  ye | 05/12/05
OK, does a USELESS XP have the 'feature parity' of USEFULL Linux?  David Mohring | 05/12/05
David, David, you  michael-t | 05/12/05
My point exactly:  michael-t | 05/12/05
Now MS not only offers 'light-weight' kernel but  michael-t | 05/12/05
Big Fat Zero, until MS finally fixes TermSrvr client license lease bugs  wti | 05/13/05
I'm impressed  mlindl | 05/13/05
License costs  Roger Ramjet | 05/13/05
Maybe.. But not necessarily...  Wolfie2K3 | 05/13/05
The Great MS Solution!  Reverend MacFellow | 05/13/05
DOWN boy.. DOWN!  Wolfie2K3 | 05/13/05
most of these used computers will presumably have OEM win95/win98 on  hipparchus2000 | 05/16/05
and just how is this different from winCE?? and no guarantee for backwards  wessonjoe | 05/13/05
The difference between Windows embedded and WinCE  balsover | 05/13/05
Eiger/Tiger...Another Masterful MS Innovation  itanalyst | 05/13/05
The Eiger Sanction!  Reverend MacFellow | 05/13/05
THE EIGER SANCTION!  Reverend MacFellow | 05/13/05
Good move by MS!  George Mitchell | 05/13/05
No  Reverend MacFellow | 05/13/05
What's wrong with this picture?  MepisLINUXuser | 05/13/05
haha - they had to bolt IE in  JasonL31 | 05/14/05
long time coming  timpin1@... | 05/15/05
Why?  Altern_z | 05/15/05
Not really...  jvahabzadeh | 05/16/05
I forgot to mention...  jvahabzadeh | 05/16/05
Wow I learned something from this talkback  hipparchus2000 | 05/16/05

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