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Re: USENIX Association Upcoming Events (fwd)
>>>>>>>> On 27 Jan 1998, Alexander L. wrote:
L.> "Stanislav Malyshev a.k.a. Frodo" <frodo@sharat.co.il> writes:
L.>
L.> > On Tue, 27 Jan 1998, Peter L. Peres wrote:
L.> >
L.> > Well, I was also offered Compaq x86 with Solaris. I really
L.> > don't think they are so silly as to enter catholic marriage
L.> > with any OS and refuse all others. They'll take anything that
L.> > sells. If Linux will sell good -
L.>
L.> As a matter of fact, Linux does not. It's a free product -
L.> everybody can just download and install it. What will happen
L.> is that they'll sell machines with NT pre-installed. So, for
L.> most users it'll be extremely difficult to justify erasing the
L.> ready-to-use "solution" and installing Linux instead.
Hmm... I never heard of any "support" from Intel, but i386/Linux
lives happily ever after with out it.
thks,
borik
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