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Lenovo To Shun Linux

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the what-did-tux-ever-do-to-you dept.

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."

3 of 462 comments (clear)

  1. That's OK... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    They'll come crawling back to us when Vista turns out to be a flop.

  2. Somewhere..... by ericdano · · Score: 5, Funny

    Somewhere in Microsoft H.Q., all the chairs are breathing a sigh of relief.

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  3. Re:When Marketing and Sales dept control products by Glonoinha · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe the reason Lenovo is shunning Linux is that all the spyware they are bundling in the firmware only works if Windows is the operating system.

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