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Politics : Ask Michael Burke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: upanddown who wrote (47385)2/16/1999 1:13:00 PM
From: gbh  Respond to of 132070
 
John, IBM, CPQ, and I think DELL (and probably others) have been offering to pre-install and support Linux on their machines for large customers for some months now. This was not done quietly either. There were press releases for all of the above last summer and fall.

Gary



To: upanddown who wrote (47385)2/16/1999 1:21:00 PM
From: MaryinRed  Respond to of 132070
 
ah...I believe....Dell will put LINUX on for you..by request...

here is a link:

theregister.co.uk

smile....Mary




To: upanddown who wrote (47385)2/16/1999 1:23:00 PM
From: Timothy Liu  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 132070
 
No offense, but just who and how many are going to CHOOSE linux? The average typist(TM -Michael Burke) that have a hobby of rebuild a kernel once in a while? :)

Tim



To: upanddown who wrote (47385)2/16/1999 11:56:00 PM
From: Knighty Tin  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 132070
 
John, I hope he loses $10 billion and then gets a $10 billion fine from the Judge. <G>

MB


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