[Ilugc] total failure to find a netbook with linux
- From: mehul.n.ved@xxxxxxxxx (Mehul Ved)
- Date: Wed Sep 16 20:41:03 2009
On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 8:23 PM, Shakthi Kannan <shakthimaan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi,
Hi,
2. Even if the hardware OEMs really wanted to support the F/OSS folks,
and decide to level the playing field, they could sell the highest
hardware configuration, with
?A. proprietary OS, and
?B. without any OS or with some F/OSS distribution.
Technically speaking, version (B) should be priced much lower because
there is no OS, and you don't pay for other desktop software.
Would it really be the case? From what I am aware, most manufacturers
will load the Windows machines with trial software from *reputed*
vendors, which lowers the cost of the machine setting back some of the
higher cost. So, now the machine isn't priced too high as compared to
the Linux/DOS offering. Thus, making it more lucrative for most
consumers as the price difference is low and they have a legal copy of
their familiar OS.
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