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Wal-Mart Sells PCs Preloaded With Sun's Linux

Posted by timothy on from the from-high-end-to-everyman dept.

badboy3062 writes "Wal-Mart this week started selling Microtel PCs preloaded with Sun's Java Desktop System. Prices start at under $300 for a system without a floppy drive or monitor. Jonathan Schwartz, Sun's executive vice president for software, says this move is just another step in its plan to gain new audiences for its technologies."

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  1. Eating Own Dogfood Test? by 4of12 · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    A while back Sun threw down a gauntlet challenging IBM to use Sun's Java Desktop for its internal Linux desktop deployment, here.

    And, Jon Schwartz indicated that Sun was undergoing an internal migration to this desktop this summer.

    So, how's it really going?

    I'd expect some of the technology worker bees and programmers not to have much difficulty moving to something like this, but how about further up Sun's management hierachy that lives and breathes things like Excel spreadsheets and Powerpoint presentations?

    Is Jon Schwartz running the Java Desktop 24/7, including on the road or does he have to cheat by using VMWare or borrowing his secretaries Windows box?

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  2. Re:Wintel is cheap and disposable by JPriest · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    If you think PC makers pay $300 for copies of Windows you need to remove your head from your ass. If you think they are all installing the free download edition of these Linux distros you agian, need to remove your head from your ass.

    SuSe and Red hat aren't much cheaper for them than Windows.

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