“In a press release sent to NewsForge (and probably every other
media outlet in the world) yesterday, IBM announced that consumer
electronics retailer Circuit City expects to be running most of its
critical day-to-day computing functions on Linux by 2006.“This doesn’t mean Circuit City is going to start selling Linux
laptops or desktops in its stores next week. In fact, says Circuit
City media relations person Jim Babb, it’s the vendors–not
retailers–who decide which operating systems to ship on their
products.