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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (120452)	6/15/2002 12:54:46 AM
From: Neeka	Respond to of 152472

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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (120452)	6/15/2002 6:29:23 AM
From: waitwatchwander	Respond to of 152472

OT <Microsoft is our software supplier because their technology and price ratio was far better than alternatives> Wal-Mart's New LindowsOS PC Wired News Report 10:30 a.m. June 14, 2002 PDT In a move that appears to be a coup for controversial Lindows CEO, Michael Robertson, Wal-Mart's online store is offering eight different Microtel PCs with LindowsOS included. Wal-Mart's original OS-less PC was a dramatic move away from the standard Windows-based home computer. Now the retailer is advertising systems with the LindowsOS distribution pre-installed, no longer just moving away from Windows, but now directly competing with it. Wal-Mart says the PCs come with "mail, word processor, Web browser, address book, calculator, CD player, MP3 player, Microsoft PowerPoint viewer, Word viewer and Excel viewer," and buyers get to select three "free" Click-N-Run applications from the Lindows.com warehouse. They can even add a subscription to the company's ISP service, called Wal-Mart Connect, for $9.94 a month. "The price of software has priced many people out of computing," said Robertson. "With this, you get a $300 computer, then for $99, you get unlimited access for a year. Any applications that you want, you pay the one time fee, then you download as much as you want, then it's yours forever." wired.com