[ltp] Re: Lenovo to shun Linux
Bill Hudacek
linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sun, 4 Jun 2006 22:48:28 -0400
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Sorry - can't resist - this makes it 950 Million Windows Users (per
Gartner group 2005), and 1 linux user :-)
Even if it were 10,000 linux users - all of whom wrote email - that's a
ratio of 95,000 to 1.
Your heart's in the right place, and I'm very much a kindred soul,
but.....there are economies of scale, and then there are economies of
scale.
For my part, I'm with some who have already said it very well indeed - I
won't get upset until/unless thinkpads start to include hardware (most
notably, video and network components) for which no linux support is
possible. Special-purpose (ahem) hardware such as has been rumored to
exist in the past by conspiracy theorists (such as wireless cards, which
have given me fits for a few years now).
Regards,
Bill Hudacek
IBM Global Services
linux-thinkpad-admin@linux-thinkpad.org wrote on 06/04/2006 09:29:34 PM:
> Rob Bell <RobDBell@mailworks.org> writes:
>
> > Straight from Slashdot & Digg, a sign that any strides towards Linux
> > support that IBM made are being negated by Lenovo:
> >
> > http://www.crn.com/sections/infrastructure/infrastructure.jhtml?
> articleId=188701277
>
> I just sent Lenovo the following email.
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Sorry - can't resist - this makes it
950 Million Windows Users (per Gartner group 2005), and 1 linux user :-)</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Even if it were 10,000 linux users -
all of whom wrote email - that's a ratio of 95,000 to 1.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Your heart's in the right place, and
I'm very much a kindred soul, but.....there are economies of scale, and
then there are economies of scale.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">For my part, I'm with some who have
already said it very well indeed - I won't get upset until/unless thinkpads
start to include hardware (most notably, video and network components)
for which no linux support is possible. Special-purpose (ahem) hardware
such as has been rumored to exist in the past by conspiracy theorists (such
as wireless cards, which have given me fits for a few years now).</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Regards,<br>
<br>
Bill Hudacek<br>
IBM Global Services<br>
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<br><tt><font size=2>linux-thinkpad-admin@linux-thinkpad.org wrote on 06/04/2006
09:29:34 PM:<br>
<br>
> Rob Bell <RobDBell@mailworks.org> writes:<br>
> <br>
> > Straight from Slashdot & Digg, a sign that any strides towards
Linux <br>
> > support that IBM made are being negated by Lenovo:<br>
> ><br>
> > http://www.crn.com/sections/infrastructure/infrastructure.jhtml?<br>
> articleId=188701277<br>
> <br>
> I just sent Lenovo the following email. </font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2><snip></font></tt>
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