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To: Byron Xiao who wrote (18036)7/22/1999 12:59:00 AM
From: Hectorite  Read Replies (2) of 64865
 
<<Now, with all these free PC coming out, don't you think these box-makers will try to avoid paying cost for the OS and starting to put the FREE Linux OS on those boxes???>>

Yes, that would save the MS fee, but no, the free PC providers are not going to be loading Linux. Most of the customers lining up for the free PC offers barely know how to use a mouse. I was reading about one of the free PC outfits (I think its called DirectPC, in Philly) and they WAY underestimated the support requirements and had to abruptly scale back the rollout. (Some might say that was because they used Win98! ha!) Most people on SI don't understand the low level of computer illiteracy in the general population. The interface on a "free" PC has to be familiar, and for better or worse that is Win or Mac OS.

Now, maybe there might be a market for a shell to ride on Linux that launches a browser, word processor, email...I don't know, just thinking out loud now....
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