Wired: Linux Retailing Takes Gnu Twist

"A Massachusetts PC reseller is going co-op in an effort to boost open-source development."

"Spindletop System Dynamics of Cambridge, Massachusetts, will only sell computers and peripherals that it rates the best supporters of Linux and FreeBSD, an older Unix-based operating system."

"Spindletop, which has been selling hardware for less than a year, has two goals: take away revenue from vendors that do not support Linux as well as they do Windows, and offer open-source friendly companies a collective body of customers."

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