Re: Woohooo! Dell + Linux

[Andrei Popescu <andreimpopescu@gmail.com>]

Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:

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> On 03/29/07 06:15, Max Hyre wrote:
> > Ron Johnson wrote:
> >> There will be a limited number of models and they'll be more
> >> expensive (if for no other reason than companies like Symantec
> >> can't sell ad space on a Linux desktop).
> > 
> >    Why the devil shouldn't they be able to sell ad space to
> > Symantec? (I presume that's what you mean.)
> > 
> >    There's no reason in the world at all they shouldn't put up a
> > Gnome desktop with icons offering AOL, Symantec, or Joe's Bar &
> > Grill, so long as a) AOL et al. give them (Dell) money, and b) AOL
> > writes a version which runs on GNU/Linux.  If enough folks buy
> > these boxes, it may become worth AOL's while.  After all, Dell's
> > got to sell to Aunt Tillie, too, if this thing's going to fly.
> 
> There's no AOL client for Linux and no need for Symantec anti-virus
> products.
> 
> IOW, sure they could try to sell add space on the Linux desktop, but
> who would buy it?  Oracle?  Veritas?

Microsoft! :)))

Regards,
Andrei
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