[wplug] HP to offer Linux desktops....

[Tim Lesher]

On Thu, Jul 24, 2003 at 09:27:31AM -0400, Alexandros Papadopoulos wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Jul 2003, Tim Lesher wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, Jul 24, 2003 at 08:36:50AM -0400, Russ Schneider wrote:
> > > I think if HP was offering laptops with Mandrake on them and that made
> > > them considerably cheaper than another because of the Windows OS that
> > > they HAVE to sell it with, then HP just moved to the front of my
> > > considerations as to whom I'd buy a laptop from.
> >
> > I don't think it _would_ make them considerably cheaper.  AFAIK, the
> > cost of an OEM license of the latest consumer Windows OS is well under
> > $100.
[...]
>
> Sure, if it was a one-off deal it wouldn't matter, but this is becoming
> just one more tax.

No disagreement there, but I was addressing Russ's comment about _his_
purchase decision.

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