Loss Leaders and Linux

Posted by caitlyn on Sep 29, 2010 9:18 PM EDT
O'Reilly Broadcast; By Caitlyn Martin
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I ran across was a receipt dated December, 2009 for the purchase of my current desktop computer. I bought a low-end, small footprint desktop: an eMachines EL-1300G. The cost at a local big box retailer was $159. A friend of mine was so impressed she went to the store right before Christmas to buy one as a gift for her sister. The price had dropped to $149. Of course, the systems came preloaded with Windows. Linux was not an option.

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