Hewlet Packard and Linux

[Gregory Nowak]

Linux is not a comercial product
in the way that macroslop windows is.
So, I don't think you have anything to worry about.
There will always have to be a text console on a system, and you can edit init scripts
to provent xwindows from starting up.
Greg


On Fri, Aug 24, 2001 at 09:33:46PM -0400, Charles Crawford wrote:
> Liz,
> 
>          I think you are wise to get ahead of the game by doing the stuff 
> Linux can do without the heartaches of configure configure configure.  If 
> Linux is to make the mainstream or at least a brook, then it has to work 
> for the average person without too much of the configuring issues.  I know, 
> its kind of plug and play, but why not have our cake and eat it too?  We 
> get the ease of setup and the power of Linux.  What's not to like?  Smile.
> 
>          My bigger concern is the Xwindows problem of a repeat of what 
> Windows did to DOS.
> 
> -- Charlie.
> At 04:12 PM 08/24/2001 -0400, you wrote:
> 
> >>"no market," but the radical truth is more like "We haven't a
> >>clue of how to get money for it."
> >
> >Forgive a comment from an extreme newbie who doesn't even *have* Linux yet.
> >
> >I've been looking at the companies who make Linux preinstalled systems 
> >(there's a long list at linux.org), and they seem to have some kind of 
> >market niche because some of them use hardware that has been tested and is 
> >known to be Linux-compatible.  With the Windoze dominance of the entire 
> >computing market, it's attractive to me to buy a system whose components 
> >are known to be compatible with Linux.  It seems better than ordering 
> >elsewhere and not being sure the different parts of the system will work 
> >well with Linux.
> >
> >any comments or thoughts?
> >
> >Liz
> >Liz Hare, Ph.D.
> >Research Associate
> >Animal Breeding and Genetics Group
> >B47 Morrison Hall
> >Cornell University
> >Ithaca, NY 14853
> >(607) 255 2380
> >eh51 at cornell.edu
> >
> >
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