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Re: USENIX Association Upcoming Events (fwd)



"Stanislav Malyshev a.k.a. Frodo" <frodo@sharat.co.il> writes:

> 
> On Tue, 27 Jan 1998, Peter L. Peres wrote:
> 
> Well, I was also offered Compaq x86 with Solaris. I really don't think
> they are so silly as to enter catholic marriage with any OS and refuse all
> others. They'll take anything that sells. If Linux will sell good -

As a matter of fact, Linux does not. It's a free product - everybody
can just download and install it. What will happen is that they'll
sell machines with NT pre-installed. So, for most users it'll be
extremely difficult to justify erasing the ready-to-use "solution" and
installing Linux instead.

Therefore, even if you buy a Compaq machine to run Linux, you'll put
another $200 into Gates's pocket.

> they'll support Linux (as many h/w vendors chose to do, when they saw
> that it can add them revenue).
> Certainly, no one expects them to support Linux on altruistic values. But
> when they hear "oh well, so Linux won't run on your improved Alpha?
> Then I go buy at your competitors'", they'll adjust themselves. If they

Compaq won't care. Their primary business is (and will always be)
Intel-based.

BTW, for those who don't know, DEC shares jumped up $10 yesterday...

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Alexander L. Belikoff
Berger Financial Research Ltd.
abel@bfr.co.il