Re: [LIG] Acers laptop ads

On Sun, 25 Sep 2005 05:52:16 +0530
Ritesh Raj Sarraf <[email protected]> wrote:

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> Sandip Bhattacharya on Saturday 24 Sep 2005 22:17 wrote:
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> > Karunakar mentions that it has some Distro called Linpus Linux.
> > And the default install drops the user to a shell.
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> Like some emacs fanatics who embed the emacs editor in their
> desktop, ACER assumes that the user would prefer the shell
> interface. 
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Naah!, just that now have sold their hardware, its users headache to
get something proper on it.
Interestingly the price difference quoted by the dealer for Linux vs
XP laptop was the off the shelf price of XP home, so Acer hasnt gone
for a OEM tieup with M$ to get XP at cheaper rates??

Karunakar

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