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To: dr_who
"I see this move by Microsoft as an attempt to keep the market going. As for Lindows, if they actually have a product at this point, much less something that could compete with GEOs, OS/2 Warp, BeOS, AmigaOS, or all those freeware Unix clones, I'd be surprised.
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Wal-Mart already is selling quantities of machines running Lindows....
22 posted on 07/04/2002 5:31:52 PM PDT by TheBattman
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To: TheBattman
If Wal-mart is really selling mass quantities of Linows, I really feel sorry for the idiot who bought them.

It's just like the packard hell computers. People don't know what they are getting. A mom may buy it for her son thinking hey this computer's only $400. Then when they open it and try running programs they realize "Oops, I guess that's why it was only $400".

I have no problem with Lindows trying to compete. But by using Wal-mart as their selling vehicle, I have to say they are taking advantage of naive consumers. Sure, buyer-beware, but that doesn't make what wal-mart and Lindows doing ethically right. It just means they can legally scam some money from poor uneducated consumers.

32 posted on 07/10/2002 7:57:53 AM PDT by for-q-clinton
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