____/ Mark Kent on Thursday 19 July 2007 09:38 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> Wal-Mart to sell $300 PC with OpenOffice
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| Dell followed a similar strategy on July 10 when it withheld bloatware from
>>| its new Vostro line of PCs for small business users after a long campaign
>>| by bloggers and Dell customers against common practice by PC vendors of
>>| loading unrequested software onto new computers. Software companies fund
>>| the effort as a way to find new users.
>> `----
>>
>> http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20070718/tc_infoworld/90292
>
> See this bit:
>
> "It's not surprising that Wal-Mart, of all retailers, will sell the $298
> Everex desktop; it's a good marriage with their biggest audience --
> budget buyers," said Toni DuBoise, a senior analyst with Current
> Analysis West.
> "But it has a couple of problems; one is that it uses a Via processor,
> which is almost unknown to U.S. consumers. And it runs at just 1.5 GHz,
> so it's unknown how it will handle Microsoft Vista," she said. "And
> running OpenOffice is kind of a unique tactic. It's anti-Microsoft as
> Microsoft obviously owns the market for productivity software. So users
> may have some concerns about compatibility."
>
> Talk about spin - offering OpenOffice is "anti-Microsoft" - wow, daring
> to compete with Microsoft? No way - you're not allowed!
Wal-Mart and Microsoft are close (executives have links). If you search
BoycottNovell you'll get the ugly picture, so this is pleasantly surprising.
Criminals think alike. Wal-Mart and Microsoft share a shady past.
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