You should take a look at something that's backed by Novell and suse if you're serious about brand loyalty. Sled is prolly the only way forward with capitalism and Linux. <div><br></div><div>There's an excellent discussion here about the trials of universal compatibility and conversely brand loyalty. Thoughts?<span></span><br>
<br>On Wednesday, October 10, 2012, David L. Willson wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman">
Hardware vendors and softwarethe vendors are in business to make great products AND make a living. So, when you're spending, be aware that they're watching.<br><br>Id no longer makes products for Linux, because a whole bunch of people bought the Windows version of DOOM3 and downloaded the Linux binary for free, thereby obscuring their desire for a great game on Linux. Id can no longer justify the effort of creating the Linux port.<br>
<br>Fortunately, Valve is making their first foray into Linux-land, and hopefully, we'll have gotten smarter, enough to actually be careful about how our "dollar-votes" get registered.<br><br>So, I will continue to buy every Humble Bundle, attribute my purchase to Linux, and pay more than the average when I do. And I'll buy L4D2 on Steam on Linux, the day it gets released.<br>
<br>And, I will only buy Linux-based computers from now on, rather than OSX or Windows-based, so that I can be sure all my hardware will "just work", and my vendor will know that I want Linux.<br><br>All that to say this... I want to source a Linux workstation from a reputable vendor, so I can request it at work: Why is this so damned hard?<br>
<br>System 76 - Bonobo - gone<br>Zareason - Verix - gone<br>Dell - M6700 - Rumor appears to be unfounded<span><br><br><span name="x"></span>--<br>David L. Willson<br>Trainer, Engineer, Enthusiast<br>RHCE Network+ A+ Linux+ LPIC-1 Ubuntu<br>
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