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____/ JeffM on Thursday 21 Jan 2010 02:54 : \____
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> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>|The Open-PC project initiated by KDE board member
>>|Frank Karlitschek has released the specifications
>>|for its first computer[...]due[...]in February 2010.
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> Slashdot's coverage gave the price at 359 euros (505 USD).
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> There were lots of comments about
> the unremarkable price/performance point
> http://slashdot.org/article.pl?&threshold=4&sid=10/01/20/0020246#30828440
> http://slashdot.org/article.pl?&threshold=4&sid=10/01/20/0020246#30830470
> http://slashdot.org/article.pl?&threshold=4&sid=10/01/20/0020246#30828796
> ...including how boxes WITH the Microsoft Tax are cheaper
> http://slashdot.org/article.pl?&threshold=4&sid=10/01/20/0020246#30828724
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> There were some mentions of using open hardware
> instead of having just another plain-jane white box
> http://slashdot.org/article.pl?&threshold=4&sid=10/01/20/0020246#30828530
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> Several folks questioned why they didn't use an open BIOS
> http://slashdot.org/article.pl?&threshold=4&sid=10/01/20/0020246#30828810
> with a specific mention of M$'s abuse of ACPI
> http://slashdot.org/article.pl?&threshold=4&sid=10/01/20/0020246#30829678
>
> There were several mentions of Just get a Mac
> http://slashdot.org/article.pl?&threshold=4&sid=10/01/20/0020246#30828312
>
> ..and one guy asked
> Why doesn't Ubuntu get into the hardware business?
> http://slashdot.org/article.pl?&threshold=4&sid=10/01/20/0020246#30828500
They already are - on the server side.
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