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Date:      Thu, 26 Oct 2000 12:45:40 -0500
From:      "Victor R. Cardona" <vcardona@home.com>
To:        Tim McMillen <timcm@umich.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FW: My Experience With FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <20001026124540.A65233@home.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.4.10.10010261237300.7610-100000@qix.gpcc.itd.umich.edu>; from timcm@umich.edu on Thu, Oct 26, 2000 at 01:04:03PM -0400
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On Thu, Oct 26, 2000 at 01:04:03PM -0400, Tim McMillen wrote:
> 	Some of the larger OEM's can start to offer Linux but that's all
> they are likely to do soon because of the training costs involved.  When
> the mass market (even those that are savvy enough to handle a free unix
> system) buys a computer they want it to be fully configured when they get
> it.  It would have to have X windows and KDE or Gnome installed
> 	But then there is still th whole issue with M$'s strongarm tactics
> below.

Hell, I would be happy if I could just get a system w/o an OS. Oh well,
I build my own anyway:-)

Victor Cardona 


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