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Mandrake to Come Preloaded on Wal-Mart PCs

Posted by timothy on from the hey-this-came-with-an-operating-system dept.

surfimp writes "Here's a story from NewsForge: 'MandrakeSoft CEO Jacques Le Marois confirms the news this morning, and company spokeswoman Margaret Waters says, while a contract with Microtel has not been finalized, the company is working on getting Mandrake certified to run like clockwork on the Microtel systems. Waters is hopeful that the dotted line will be signed and PCs up for sale by the end of next week.'" Update: 06/20 17:21 GMT by T : Ooops! The Mandrake spokeswoman's name is Margaret Waples, not Waters. Apologies, and thanks to Todd Lyons of Mandrakesoft for the correction.

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  1. Wait by KingKire64 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Is Walmart Still Evil?

    Disney = Evil (Not on Tuesdays)
    Walmart = Evil (Not on Wendesdays)

    God im confused whens Microsofts day off?

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  2. Re:Wal-Mart Shopping List by cjpez · · Score: 2, Offtopic
    George Foreman Lean Mean Grilling Machine (check)
    Hey, those are actually pretty cool. I got one as a present and laughed at it for a bit, but as it turns out, we use it all the time. Seriously, we end up cooking practically everything on it. It's awesome. :P

    Yeah, yeah, I know, (-1, Offtopic) :)

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  3. Re:wow by johnnyb · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I don't see your complaint. Yes, Wal-Mart's view of a magazine is powerful. That _is_ their choice, and they are not evil for making that choice. Get over it.

    If you dislike this control then you should read magazines which are not sold at Wal-Mart.

    But really, is asking magazines for something that is decent for families to see really asking that much?

    By the way, Rolling Stone often comes close to qualifying as soft-porn - at least their covers do.

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