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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



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