[ale] $299 Linux PC's

[Jim Philips]

Sean Kilpatrick wrote:
> On Saturday 09 August 2003 05:11 pm, Eric Melo wrote:
> 
>>What is Sam's Club? is it a store??
>>And why all the entiasm in geting a box all setup?
> 
> 
> Sam's Club is a competitor of Costco and other "discount"
> marketers who require an annual fee to shop in their stores.
> Careful shopping can net significant savings -- but all
> items come packaged in large amounts. This is fine when
> feeding teenagers or running a boarding house, not so useful
> for a married couple whose children are long gone from the
> nest.

Hey! If you've got the closet space, then even single people can save on 
stuff like paper towels and laundry detergent.

> 
> The appearance of a low-end computer with any verison of
> Linux already installed is significant as it marks a crack,
> even if microscopically small, in M$'s monolothic structure.
> By way of comparison, the other computers on the showroom floor
> this afternoon all had Windows SP Home Edition as the installed
> OS.

It's also nice knowing that you're not paying the Microsoft tax when you 
buy the computer. If you hate them, then why give them your money?

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