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  From: Anthony Clarke <tcents@kadina.mtx.net.au>
  To  : C4IS" <C4IS@EISA.NET.AU>, "linux SA Mail postings <C4IS@EISA.NET.AU>
  Date: Fri, 21 May 99 07:28:22 PDT

Re: Naked PC's... only two options?!? (not)

So.... why aren't there more hardware sellers providing PC's with a
full working Linux system preinstalled??????? Plus apps ???

Any hardware sellers like to comment???
Tony Clarke

----------
> Someone sent this to a friend of mine... apparently it comes from MS
> (the non-MS comments are in [brackets] below):
>
>
> "6. Naked PCs?
>
> Can we talk for a moment about Naked PCs?
> That is, PCs sold without operating systems preinstalled.
>
>   [Sounds like PC as component to me;
>   leaving me free to choose other components
>   that best meet the client's requirements]
>
> It's how some short-sighted system builders are
> selling PCs these days.
>
>   [Sounds like the <ad homiom> fallacy;
>    indicating the debater's arguments
>    have run out...]
>
> The problem is that selling "naked" means
> selling your customers a problem, not a solution.
>
>   [An informed customers gets more freedom;
>    freedom to make intelligent system choices]
>
> It leaves them only two choices:

>
>  - acquire a more expensive operating system elsewhere or,
>
>     [Did somebody forget FreeBSD, Linux, et al. here?]
>
>  - unfortunately, obtain one illegally.
>
>    [Fallacy of hiding important information]
>
> Don't expose your valuable reputation.
>
>   [What then?  Insult the intelligence of even well-informed clients?]
>
> Sell your PCs fully equipped-with legally licensed operating systems
> preinstalled.
>
>   [Plural? What if just one - e.g. FreeBSD or Linux - would suffice?]
>
> Otherwise, who knows what you're leaving your customers open to?"
>
>   [Open-minded... Free to Choose...]
>
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