NPR - Lindows + WalMart

[Joel Hammer]

If Walmart can get people to use linux on the desktop, we should all be
grateful. This "superior" attitude of some linux users vis a vis the ordinary
user is simply inappropriate.

I haven't tried lindows although I might. If the  program warehouse
really works (Imagine, certified software that works. Is this really true?)
I'll be interested in it for a desktop machine, not a server.

The "Walmart crowd" is a very large segment of the buying public. I say
welcome to them!

Joel

 
On Thu, Jul 11, 2002 at 08:16:03PM -0700, Net Llama! wrote:
> Leon A. Goldstein wrote:
> > Ken Moffat wrote:
> > 
> >>On Morning Edition on NPR this morning they had a special on Walmart 
> >>selling lindows computers. Not a bad audio clip. If you'd like to hear 
> >>it check www.npr.org, then under programs choose Morning Edition, Latest 
> >>program, and scroll down to the Lindows link. (You Need realplay8.)
> > 
> > 
> > Did the NPR report mention that Lindows is a rather light installation,
> > and that you have to subscribe (to the tune of $100 or so) to download
> > productivity apps?
> 
> yes, it did.
> 
> > 
> > I don't think Lindows will make friends for Linux with its current
> > marketing model.
> 
> its marketing model isn't intended to make friends with linux.  its 
> meant for the walmart crowd, who in most cases struggle to find the 
> POWER button.
> 
> 
> 
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