psoleko
April 2nd, 2006, 02:37 PM
According to this eweek article Novell is talking to OEMs about bundling it's desktop software with new PCs.
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1940723,00.asp
I remember a while ago SuSe made a valiant effort to get itself pre-installed on certain business models of HP laptops. Ofcourse they were hard to find on the HP website and priced atleast a few hundred dollars more than there MS counterparts. My question is would you support a big push by Novell into the desktop market? I can speak for myself in saying that I would certainly buy a good laptop with NLD on it just to support the effort, even if I ultimately install Ubuntu on it. I would also encourage friends and family to purchase a Linux line of computers made by a large oem like Dell or HP. If it were as easy as selecting the OS from a menu would you go for it?
:-k
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1940723,00.asp
I remember a while ago SuSe made a valiant effort to get itself pre-installed on certain business models of HP laptops. Ofcourse they were hard to find on the HP website and priced atleast a few hundred dollars more than there MS counterparts. My question is would you support a big push by Novell into the desktop market? I can speak for myself in saying that I would certainly buy a good laptop with NLD on it just to support the effort, even if I ultimately install Ubuntu on it. I would also encourage friends and family to purchase a Linux line of computers made by a large oem like Dell or HP. If it were as easy as selecting the OS from a menu would you go for it?
:-k