[ltp] Re: thinkpad without windows?

[David Payne]

I think IBM is more supportive of Linux when it is installed on a
server.  IBM thinks that the average user who is buying a laptop
shouldn't need to run Linux and that's why they say IBM suggests
Windows XP for their laptops.

David Payne


On Wed, 03 Nov 2004 16:05:34 +0100, Andr=E9 Wyrwa <a.wyrwa@gmx.de> wrote:
> > A company that wholeheartedly endorses Windows in such a frank
> > manner, and then claims to support Linux, is two-faced at best.
> > It's like donating money to a political candidate and then voting
> > for his opponent.  Yes, IBM supports Linux in some ways.  No,
> > they don't really care about it--they recommend you use Windows
> > instead.
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> Yes, its just as two-faced as getting payed for coding to live in a
> world that works as it does and doing it for free in your spare time as
> a lot of open source developers do.
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> I'd just call it dropping the illusion of emotional/mental consistency -
> aka being adult. ;)
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