__/ [ John A. Bailo ] on Saturday 19 August 2006 03:32 \__
> 1. Real Networks makes a big announcement about supporting music media in
> Suse.
>
> Yet, I cannot play web rhapsody in Firefox 1.5 in Suse (only using FF
> 1.0.7)...and there is still no native Linux client as in Windows.
>
> 2. Lenovo says it will pre-install Suse on single high end laptop.
>
> Then it says it will /support/ Suse if you install it yourself.
>
> 3. HP and Dell tepidly offer Suse; yet they bury it and instead of Desktops
> sell high end "Workstations".
>
> Let's stop the games and cut the crap.
Tell Microsoft to stop phoning the OEM's whenever they step up and support
preinstalled Linux [1]. You have left out HP, which is seeing a sharp rise
in earnings under the new management. HP is somewhat ahead in terms of
support for Linux. IBM likewise (and it will put even /more/ weight behind
it).
[1]
http://www.commentwire.com/article_news.asp?guid=2044AB5A-59CA-4EC3-AD3F-73DF7BC4F8E0
(link now broken)
"Microsoft Corp is using scare tactics to exert pressure on PC vendors not to
explore the potential of desktop Linux, according to Novell Inc president
and COO, Ron Hovsepian"
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