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Article #1468Re: Software company monopolies (Was Re: KDE v. Gnome)
From: Christopher Hammel
Date: Sun, 04 Oct 1998 00:00
Date: Sun, 04 Oct 1998 00:00
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>However you do not have to have Windows pre-installed. There are many >companies now offering systems with Linux, FreeBSD or other choices pre- >installed. You DO have a choice - Dell and the likes are not the only >companies selling PCs. 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. Christopher Hammel
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