Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3506 mails)

[Carl William Spitzer IV <cwsiv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 2006-09-14 at 13:43 -0400, Marc Collin wrote:
> hi
> 
> in argentina, we can buy computer with linux without problem, in usa, canada 
> it's harder....
> 
> dell, hp, compaq, nec, gateway sale all their computer for the public with 
> linux...
> 
> why company like novell, red hat, mandriva, lindows don't make pressure on 
> their company to sale computer with linux?

Pressure == MONEY and Mickey$oft has much more than we do.  However
Users can also create pressure but are probabily too lazy to learn
linux.  As ridiculus as that sounds you should see the nonsense during
our elections.  Windows sells not because of quality or price because he
long ago lost to us but because of marketing and packaging which is the
one thing at which he excells.


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