On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 00:19:55 -0500 Roberto Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Colin Watson wrote: > > > They employ many people to develop Debian GNU/Linux and have donated > > quite a bit of our core infrastructure. Their Linux Chief Technology > > Officer is a former Debian Project Leader and a prolific Debian > > developer. I believe that HP employ more Debian developers than any > > other company in the world. If you think all that's unauthorized by > > their board, you're delusional, pure and simple. > > Any ideas on how to get them to sell me a laptop with Debian (or > any flavor of GNU/Linux) preinstalled then? I haven't had any luck > with them on this so far? Is it that the market is so small that > they are uwilling to try? or do customers not complain enough? > > -Roberto > I don't know about preinstalls, but a friend spent the best part of a day doing Debian installs on notebooks for a dealer that was getting a lot of enquiries and wanted to know what the true oil was. His favourite install was on the new Omni, he was very impressed, and the dealer gave him $500.00 Canadian off the price for the day, so he was happy. With that kind of market reaction, I don't think it will be too long before Linux preinstallations are available, but I'd still prefer to do my own. Regards, David. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
