[ale] HP netbooks w/Linux

[Geoffrey]

Ken Ratliff wrote:
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>> Are any of these companies making a profit having Linux as an  
>> option?  As an enthusiast, with a business, I'd want Linux on all my  
>> products, but the bottom line is "profit and losses."  Don't worry,  
>> we'll never die.  There has been some good news about the increase  
>> of Linux sales.  Just listen to the guys at Jupiter Broadcasting  
>> [dot com] - they rant on about it all the time. :D
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> I'm sure there are plenty of companies that either make or save money  
> by using a linux solution, though I'd suspect it's mostly in the form  
> of providing Linux based appliances, or implementation on the backend.  
> I'm not sure there's a whole lot of money to be made at the moment in  
> *x based user interface products, though I will say that if I were  
> setting up my own office for my own business, I'd be using Ubuntu for  
> the desktop installs and wouldn't even consider giving Microsoft  
> money. The only tricky part is groupware implementation, that's  
> something that the open source world is sorely lacking in. If that  
> void ever gets filled, it'll be interesting to see how long Microsoft  
> stays entrenched in a coprorate environment.

Scalix.

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Until later, Geoffrey

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temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.
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