Walmart.com ditches the OS in new PCs

[Craig White]

On Fri, 2002-02-22 at 10:15, Matt Alexander wrote:
> Ideally, WalMart would have several boxed operating systems on a shelf in
> plain view next to the computers.  There should be a big sign saying,
> "Don't forget to add your own operating system!"  They could have several
> Linux distros, WindowsME, WindowsXP, and FreeBSD, for example.
> ~M
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yeah but here's the rub - Microsoft is so far ahead of this it isn't
funny. The cost for having it pre-installed is significantly less than
buying a retail pack of an MS OS.

So these things won't move like they should

Craig