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The Agony and Ecstasy Of Becoming a Linux OEM

Posted by Zonk on from the penguins-in-houses-always-staring dept.

jammag writes "An article at the site Datamation, entitled Becoming a Linux OEM: A Roadmap, talks about the challenges (and rewards) of selling hardware with Linux pre-installed — most likely a growth market in the years ahead. The interesting part is the description of how some smaller Linux OEMs have made it. The bottom line: surviving as a Linux OEM requires far more than making it as a Windows OEM. In particular, you have to make the systems idiot-proof for users who don't care a whit about what OS they're using."

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  1. First Communist Part by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Impeach Bush With A Waterboarding FP . hurrah!

  2. Re:Zonk? Still Around, Why? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I think KDawson should be added to this list as well.

  3. Re:It's still a niche by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  4. Re:It's still a niche by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  5. Word by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The next computer I buy will be dual boot because I need Word. OpenOffice and Abiword just aren't cutting it.