[oclug] IBM promo

[Chris Herrnberger]

On Friday 16 March 2001 01:49, you wrote:
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> On Thu, Mar 15, 2001 at 07:08:44PM -0500, Mike Kenzie wrote:
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> > From: "Chris Herrnberger" <chris123 at magma.ca>
> > To: <oclug at lists.oclug.on.ca>
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2001 12:42 PM
> > Subject: [oclug] IBM promo
> >
> > > For those who missed it or otherwise have not seen the new
> >
> > IBM Linux promo
> >
> > > (requires flash) it can be found here:
> > >
> > > http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/linux/passport.swf
> >
> > It's a great show and yet their ad in the paper today still
> > says
> >
> > "IBM recommends Windows 2000 professional for Business" and
> > on their web site www.ibm.cs/store  under software/operating
> > systems there  is no mention of linux.
>
> Yeah, my big beef right now is that I cannot buy their top of the line
> IBM hardware (A21p 1600x1200  or  T21 1400x1050) without paying the M$
> tax.  I go to IBM because I think they have some of the finest hardware
> out there and am forced to put some of the least reliable software on
> it.

Yes I hear ya. Same complaint. Here's an even better one, Follow the links 
for any of the Dell Laptops that are being advertized with Redhat 
preinstalled. It will make you smile....and then very angry.

http://www.dell.com/us/en/bsd/topics/segtopic_linux_001_linux_center.htm


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Chris Herrnberger