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Lenovo To Shun Linux
dominique_cimafranca writes "CRN reports that Lenovo will not install or support the Linux operating system on any of its PCs. Lenovo is positioning itself as an exclusive partner of Microsoft, several weeks after the companies announced they were 'reaffirming' global market development and cooperation agreements." From the article: "A Lenovo spokesman later said the non-Linux strategy is also applicable for the company's Thinkpad brand of notebooks, although Lenovo will provide advice to customers who insist on deploying desktop Linux systems in some fashion. While Lenovo and Microsoft have had a long OEM relationship that pre-dates Lenovo's takeover last year of the former IBM PC Co., IBM had been supportive of Linux throughout its product line -- including preloading it on Thinkpads -- before the sale to Lenovo."
Lenovo shunning Linux? Good -- there's no way they can match the IBM ThinkPad team for design anyway, so it's not like I was ever going to buy their junky imitations. A black MacBook will run my Linux just fine, though.
"My heart is in the work." - Andrew Carnegie
Linux users will shun Lenovo.
This evening, the CEO of Lenovo stunned the world by announcing:
"We estimate that the recently announced boycott by the Linux community will inpact our sales by as much as 0.05 percent!"
Investors worldwide are shocked.
Richard Stallman was quoted as saying: "Hurd users will stay loyal to Lenovo for now, but if our demands of pre-installed emacs on all boxen and a corresponding name change to GNU/Lenovo are not met, we will join the boycott."