[ltp] IBM to sell its PC business

[linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org]

who are these 'goog guys' you speak of.
they must not be in business to make a profit.
open source and open platform dont/shouldnt mean 'broke'
or without cost.

~piranha



<quote who="Meike Reichle">
> Hi all
>
> Well I got aquainted with TPs only recently, and everything I own is a
> little X20. But I always loved the Thinkpad's "oldschool" look
> (reliability remains yet to be proven but I got no doubts it won't
> dissapoint me). My only comfort is, that for me there's still a long
> time until I'll run out of thinkpad models (considering that, as a
> student, you can usually not afford them until they are at least ~5
> years old. So there's still years to come until models like the X30 or
> even X40 reach "my world" ;)
>
> Anyway, it's sad. Guess we can only hope they are at least bought by
> some other 'good guys'.
>
>> That's exactly what I think. I would never change my tp for any other
>> laptop (exept it's black with three letters on it). And I have never
>> seen another laptop running linux like an tp. You can even turn the tp
>> light on and off from the console thats a very cool feature ;).
>
> You can? How's that work?
>
> Cheers,
> Meike