[luau] WalMart (Lindows) Linux

[Joe Linux]

Wayne makes some really good points.  The fact of the matter is that 
Linux in general has been missing a common hardware base.  At least 
these WalMart Computers should solve that problem.  It should be easy 
enough to change out "Lindows" to Mandrake if someone so chooses. Also 
this very significant in that it starts to release the M$ stranglehold 
on the PC market.  As a side note, I saw a "eMac" at ChumpUSA the other 
day and was rather unimpressed.  It really has the look and feel of 
cheap plastic junk and somehow the alleged 17" screen doesn't seem to 
help much.

W. Wayne Liauh wrote:

> I don't think WalMart, which recently overtook my Alma Mater Exxon as 
> the largest company in the world, will do anything that they have not 
> seriously thought about.
> guing Linux for years but no one cared--until the recent involvement 
> by WalMart. I have been trying to convince one of my clients to make 
> LinModems only to find myself playing to deaf ears.
>
> Because WalMart is such a significant player (let me put it this way, 
> no one is more significant than WalMart), Microtel does not dare to 
> ignore this WinModem issue. All the PCs to be sold by WalMart are now 
> equipped with a LinModem (which also works in Windows).
>