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Posted by bbrv on 03-Nov-2003 13:40 GMT | ...and on the America front:
Some major developments are happening which are fundamentally shifting the way the PC business works. Here is one significant example.
Seagate is the world's largest hard disk company - they sell more desktop units then anyone. They are now pre-installing LindowsOS on their Barracuda line drives. (See: http://www.lindows.com/seagate) Now any computer builder can order a drive ready to go with desktop Linux, just plug it into the chassis and they're running Linux. No software installation process. No need to pay MS $100/computer or agree to their lopsided licensing terms which give them the right to audit your books and penalize you. Best of all, computer manufacturers can buy these drives for exactly the same price as a blank drive. There's no cost for them to try and deploy desktop Linux. We call this strategy "fluoride in the water" because just through this one partnership we are able to reach computer manufacturers big and small and provide them LindowsOS. http://www.lindows.com/lindows_michaelsminutes_archives.php?id=82
Each day more companies get a vested interest in seeing desktop Linux succeed. It is happening. People will look back in a few years with the attitidue "well of *course* desktop Linux was going to grab a significant marketshare. Who didn't think that?" Server is at 30% marketshare, the desktop will get there. There's tens of billions to be saved seeing that it does and that's a strong motivation for consumers and businesses.
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