Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 02:11:25 -0500 (CDT) From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Tim McMillen <timcm@umich.edu> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FW: My Experience With FreeBSD Message-ID: <14841.10909.686279.398519@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <130788602@toto.iv>
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Tim McMillen writes: > 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 Well, Gateway will sell you a *server* with Linux on it. Not a desktop - still got to have an MS OS and mouse (which is almost as bad as the OS). However, they charge you over $300 for Linux. Getting a box without an OS wasn't an option. They're overpriced anyway... <mike To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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