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To: codawg who wrote (27081)	7/22/1999 8:56:00 AM
From: Stormweaver	Read Replies (2) of 74651

My suspicions are true about this freePC alternative OS crap; it will cost the providers so much in support that it's not worth it: ... short extract from SUNW thread... 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.

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