@Richard Loyd - Re: Can you easily buy a Linux desktop/laptop from a major OEM yet?
Now would you take the extra step and explain why OEMs were and still are so close to Microsoft ? Like for instance HP who was pressed into shipping PCs loaded with FreeDOS because for some obscure contractual clause they can't sell naked (a.k.a. with no OS at all) PCs. I mean come on, taking the steps of installing an obscure OS very few people will ever need instead of just inserting a virgin hard disk ? What makes OEMs freak out whenever I ask for a PC with an empty hard disk, with no OS at all ? What makes Dell offer Linux but making it really hard to get, why bother with Linux at all then ?
Biting the hand that feeds IT
