Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 20th Sep 2007 15:31 UTC, submitted by Rahul
Hewlett-Packard, the world's Number 1 PC maker, will try selling pre-loaded Linux on PCs in several countries as it expands a test program - evaluating a market that some competitors have already entered - and moves its personal computer business into a new generation of form factors and functionality.
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RE[2]: And why is that?
by BluenoseJake on Thu 20th Sep 2007 18:30
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RE[3]: And why is that?
by raynevandunem on Thu 20th Sep 2007 20:24
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OK, yes it worked out for MS. I stand corrected.
But did it work out for the customer? Of course, it didn't.
The second best situation is "one-distro-per-manufacturer". The ultimate best situation is if the distro vendor also makes its own computers (like Apple's "whole widget", but with a more generic OS).
But to have one distro catering to a number of hardware vendors invites the same customer service problems as Microsoft invited.
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2006-11-24
Why would you offer the same OS as your competitor?
Think man, think. Unless Canonical wanted to become the Microsoft of Linux/FOSS on the Desktop (and look how well that worked out for Microsoft), it wouldn't make sense for Dell and HP to offer the same OS and still go through the same hardware-compatibility changes as desktop computers which host WinXP or WinVista.