Re: barriers to adopting Linux by newbies

[mike808@users.sourceforge.net]

> Almost.  I couldn't find it at OfficeMax, OfficeDepot, nor BestBuy the 
> last time I checked.  Could be they sold out.  All three did have 
> Windows XP.

Sold out indeed. MS touts BestBuy as a "case study" in reducing back-end office
software costs when BB outsourced their entire store systems to Microsoft (which
promptly subsidized the shortfall and overruns from other areas in order to
clinch the "case study" that choosing MS works and saves money).

MS also touts OfficeDepot as a "case study" in how choosing to sell *only*
Microsoft XP certified-with-logo *software and hardware* results in fewer
returns and customer complaints. So, since April of 2002, there are no software
or computer hardware products on any OD shelves that do not have the "Certified
for Windows XP" logo on them.

So much for consumer choice. Except for my choice to never send a nickel to
either company. They simply don't even get considered -- EVER, by me, for
*anything*.

Mike/

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