[luau] News: Why Linux-loaded laptops have sold poorly

[Allens]

People that develop for Solaris like to put Linux on quite nice enough
laptops because linux integrates better with the Solaris/Unix network
design.

-cba
----- Original Message -----
From: "Warren Togami" <warren at togami.com>
To: "LUAU" <luau at videl.ics.hawaii.edu>
Sent: Saturday, June 22, 2002 9:44 PM
Subject: [luau] News: Why Linux-loaded laptops have sold poorly


> This article has a good explanation as to why IBM dropped Linux laptops.
It
> is the simple fact that Linux users want to save money, and IBM laptops
are
> NOT cheap.  This also explains why Wal Mart is making all this good press
> with Microtel barebones, Lindows or Mandrake machines.
>
> http://newsforge.com/newsforge/02/06/21/048251.shtml?tid=7
>
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