__/ [ Jim ] on Saturday 29 July 2006 04:15 \__
> Oliver Wong wrote:
>
>> "Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:3436620.m7FMByUuZF@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Xandros Offers 50 Percent Rebate on New Linux Products
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | Xandros, hoping to capture what it calls "50 million disenfranchised
>>> | Windows" users, is offering a 50 percent rebate on its Desktop Home and
>>> | Home Edition Premium editions of its Linux operating system.
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1995771,00.asp
>>
>> <quote>
>> The regular Home edition sells for $39.99, and the premium edition sells
>> for $79.99. If users upgrade their operating system from Windows 98, 98SE
>> or ME to Xandros 4.0, they can receive a 50 percent mail-in rebate, the
>> company announced July 28.
>> </quote>
>>
>> It sounds like if you run XP, or any distribution of Linux, you're out
>> of luck. =/
>
> not really, it's incentive for 9x/ME users on legacy hardware to update to
> a modern, secure OS for far less than a new computer with a colander of an
> OS (read: XP). Legacy support, in this case, better be (and I would only
> expect it to be) second to none. Sounds like a good deal to me.
Xandros needs to grow its community. So, I am sure they
would not mind giving your the discount even if you fail to
prove that you run pre-histrical (the history of zombie
armies) Windows at home. In fact, Xandros happen to be among
the (if not the) only vendor/s to advertise under 'linux' in
Google. The only other company is Microsoft (Get the Fact).
Best wishes,
Roy
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