[ltp] Re: Lenovo to shun Linux

[Don Perley]

All this trashing about it not being IBM anymore... IBM is still (afaik) 
a large minority shareholder of lenovo, and most of the upper management 
  is former IBM PC division living in the US.

The deal wasn't just dumping the PC division (desktops being the losers, 
thinkpads being the sugar on the deal), it is a conduit for IBM to sell 
other products in China.

So while IBM can't dictate, they are still influential, and they still 
have interest in protecting the brand name.


David A. Desrosiers wrote:
> 
>> I refuse to call Lenovo laptops real "Thinkpads". Thinkpads were to 
>> IBM standards high quality devices.  Lenovo laptops aren't, whatever 
>> the brandname is.
> 
>     Even though Lenovo has been manufacturing Thinkpads for IBM under 
> the Thinkpad name for the last 2+ years?
> 
> 
> David A. Desrosiers
> desrod@gnu-designs.com
> http://gnu-designs.com
>