Verily I say unto thee, that The Ghost In The Machine spake thusly:
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, [H]omer <spam@xxxxxxx> wrote on Tue, 28
> Aug 2007 06:03:41 +0100 <fumcq4-g0f.ln1@xxxxxxxxxx>:
>> I've disliked Gateway for a /long/ time, and not just because of
>> their attitude towards GNU/Linux.
>>
>> Just ask Ghost, he knows.
>
> Gateway ended up with Amiga tech for a time
That's the one. They raised the Amiga community's hopes, then dashed
them with nothing but three years of stagnation and silence.
> but I don't know if they still have it.
No, it's now back with Flossy & Co.
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=39362
> Acer recommends Windows Vista Home Premium for Personal Computing
Yes they do, since AFAIK that tagline is a contractual requirement for
all Microsoft partners. However Acer do at least seem to be moving in
the right direction WRT GNU/Linux support, albeit much slower than Dell.
> So my disenamorment continues. (If that's a word.)
It is now.
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K.
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