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CNET News: Linux PCs: Customer Service or Lip Service?
Nov 3, 2005, 00 :00 UTC (4 Talkback[s]) (5266 reads)

(Other stories by Michael Singer)

"While for years mainstream computer makers such as IBM, HP and Dell have been professing their love for alternatives to Microsoft Windows, the overwhelming majority of open-source-powered machines are business servers and high-priced workstations.

"Finding an entry-level home PC that doesn't have a Windows XP sticker on it requires consumers to search through a maze of Web sites. If they try calling a major PC maker, the agent is likely to have a hard time steering them toward a Linux-based or bare-bones system..."

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Cyclical logic is never wrong, because i ...   Good ol' circular logic   
Joe User
Nov 3, 2005, 09:16:19
 
It's CHAOS, and Microsoft hates itSu ...   Nobody Knows Extent of Linux Deployment   
lord vader
Nov 3, 2005, 19:47:07
 
Do a www.google.DE search for "Packard B ...   A related note   
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