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To: JC Jaros who wrote (47838)	7/16/2000 8:21:57 PM
From: rudedog	Read Replies (1) of 74651

JC - This is not hard. CPQ makes a consumer product which is designed to do the things most consumers want, out of the box. It is not designed as a general purpose system - it is at the opposite end of the spectrum from that. Why does CPQ do that? BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT CONSUMER CUSTOMERS WANT AND WILL PAY FOR. CPQ is not a charitable institution, they go where the money is. If you would like Merry to have a good Linux experience, PLEASE don't suggest that she try and run Linux on a Presario - you would be introducing her to a lot of pain. Buy a DeskPro, buy a CPQ Workstation, buy a DELL Dimension... By the way your bias is showing rather badly. I was pointing out why the Presario is a bad choice for Linux, since it is the ONLY machine that CPQ produces which does not support Linux...

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