Nishit Dave wrote:
Heard from an HCL (or was it HP?) authorised dealer: people buy our Linux PCs as they are cheaper, and then format the hard disk to install XP. That is the real skirmish line.
Maybe the dealer has to front for MS too? I have helped put Ubuntu on a Compaq Presario and Fedora 7 on an Acer. Both the guys are non-IT - well, electrical engineers who are adept at computers - but you get the point. The Presario had Vista which was removed completely. The Acer has Linpus, also removed. Both laptops are working at 100%.
Linux compatible hardware or even its cost is no longer a battle. When I left my friend's house, he was going "Wow!" (tm) over the Compiz (on Fedora 7) effects. We just have to let people know there's a choice to Windows.