On 6/5/06 10:05 PM, "Matt Alexander" wrote: > Heh... Looks like Kevin changed their minds. ;-) > > http://news.com.com/Lenovo+denies+ditching+Linux/2100-1003_3-6080115.html Following up on this... looks like it was a slip on the part of the Lenovo Product Manager as the article states. I think this is good for F/OSS because I have been very impressed with the quality of the IBM Thinkpad hardware (hopefully that won't change under Lenovo). To be fair, I am posting the official reply I received from Lenovo/IBM. I won't mention that it took a full week to get the reply. Oops, forget that part. ;-) Here's their note: ---[SNIP]--- On 6/12/06 2:02 PM, "ERC Feedback" wrote: > Thank you for contacting Lenovo, the makers of ThinkPad and ThinkCentre PC > products. > > Lenovo maintains its commitment to Linux distributions and the Linux community > at large. Through the independent testing and > certification of ThinkPad, ThinkCentre and Lenovo 3000 product lines as well > as the close collaboration with industry leaders > such as ATI and Intel - Lenovo continues to take steps to ensure Linux can be > deployed in a manner consistent with customer > needs. In fact, over the coming months this commitment will be strengthened > even further as new capabilities and support emerge. > > In addition, as part of a continued close partnership with IBM, a host of > offerings are available to assist customers in the > assessment, testing, deployment and support of Linux distributions. > > For more information and a listing of Linux distributions certified on Lenovo > hardware, please visit: http://www.lenovo.com/linux > > > Thank you for visiting our site and contacting Lenovo. > > Regards, > Electronic Response Center > ERC Feedback Focal > IBM.com, Americas > ercfeed@ca.ibm.com ---[SNIP]--- ...Kevin --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss