Re: Software company monopolies (Was Re: KDE v. Gnome)

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From: Mark Evans
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1998 00:00

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Jason Clifford <jason@dlsl.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> In article <6v82vc$lkr$1@news2.jic.com>, Christopher Hammel
> <chammel@ideatech.com> writes
>>If you are a big buyer 50+ PC's Dell will pre-install Linux for you or any
>>other operating system if you ask.  Once Linux developers make a standard
>>installation and simple (the people that do these pre-installations are not
>>the brightest bunch) interface and auto-detect routines and customers demand
>>that Linux be pre-installed we will see more boxes with Linux installed.

> Try getting a Dell salesperson to admit that!

> Red Hat Linux 5.1 is far easier to install that any release of Windows.

But you don't have the marketing strong arm to do as MS do and
persuade people that the product is easy to install :)

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From: Mark Evans <mark@grapefruit.ndirect.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Software company monopolies (Was Re: KDE v. Gnome)
Date: 1998/10/05
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