begin ben quotation: > > libertarian, but i've got to give credit where credit is deserved. the next > step is to for all of us who really give a shit to ensure that walmart offers > equivalent proportionate discounts wherever it markets those machines, and, > more, to encourage walmart to offer those savings to everyone anywhere, all > over the world.
If they do that, they won't make a profit on the machines. If they don't make a profit, they will stop selling them, and this will be seen by the press as "further proof" that Linux can't make it. It is in our best interest that Wal-Mart make a profit on those machines. Selling them for less than they cost to build won't help us. Unless, of course, somebody convinces Wal-Mart to sideline in the "selling machines to geek charity cheap" business. They'd expect that to lose money, and wouldn't cancel things when it met those expectations. But somebody would have to fund that, and if you want it to run Debian you'd have to move fast, otherwise RedHat or SuSE would end up running the show, since they have their own money. The beauty is, if it's successful, you could possibly get RedHat to contribute, even if it were running Debian, because a rising Linux tide lifts all boats. -- Shawn McMahon | McMahon's Laws of Linux support: http://www.eiv.com | 1) There's more than one way to do it AIM: spmcmahonfedex, smcmahoneiv | 2) Somebody thinks your way is wrong
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