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echo: linux-user
to: Warren Hrach
from: Warren Bonner
date: 2003-06-10 23:17:02
subject: Re: commercial distro (Real freedom of choice)

> > Very well said, Warren. I am trying to ween both Win98se boxes
 > now
 > > and use my Linux Box Server more. Old habits are hard to break.
 >
 > > Ol'wdb
 >
 > Hi Warren,
 >     Some of the latest sales tactics by S. Ballmer include
 > offering
 > Tiger-Direct comp. mfgr. a special deal for every lindows box
 > customer they get they can buy winXP for $50.   They are hoping
 > to eventually coerce the mfgr.
 > to drop windows and sell only M$.
 > I am not concerned with Lindows sales but that shows how they
 > hope to defeat linux.
 >
 > Warren
I only WISH my 2 98s were as solid as my Linux box. I have to restart the
98s several times a week, my Linux server has never been reset
because it crashed. Resets come twice a year when Joe does some
propriety work and upgrades Red Hat to latest releases.

Ol'wdb

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