[Am-info] An excerpt from an email sent by Dell to all of its customers:

[John J. Urbaniak]

Erick Andrews wrote:

> John,
>
> Dunno 'bout that...but let me ask again:  do you know anyone who's
> got the skinny on what Wal-Mart will do?

I have no inside info on Wal-Mart.  But I am sure that computers are just a small
portion of their total business.  Therefore, Microsoft doesn't have a stranglehold
on them.  They don't care about a few bucks for the Windows licenses they sell.

For Dell, who sells only computers, those few bucks make a huge difference.
Microsoft, by charging more per Windows license, can put Dell, or Gateway, or any of
these companies out of business.

But Gates can't put Wal-Mart out of business.  In fact, I'd wager that Wal-Mart
might well tell Gates to shove it and sell nothing but OS-less systems.

John


>
>
> I only wonder because I was thnking about getting my youngest
> (recently married) daughter a box with nothing on it...then maybe
> doing eCS.  She used to be an OS/2 user because of me, and still
> believes me (and us), about security, if nothing else.  Hates Windows
> at work.  I'll put Linux or FreeBSD on it if she wants.
>
> 300 bucks is less than $300+Windows...and XP is not even considered.
>
> --
> Erick
>
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