Interesting article that resumes what happened in the last days...
"I was intrigued by the way the story mutated as the day progressed."
FUD Alert! Wal-Mart, Everex & Linux
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Please Note: Wal-Mart is STILL SELLING Linux
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Gotta love tech bloggers and so called 'journalists'. There is alot of buzz in tech media this week related to an AP report that claims that Wal-Mart is dropping the Everex Linux PC's.
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Wal-Mart shoves Linux PCs off store shelves, not web site
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Well, it seems they are not "completely" out.
"The fact that Wal-Mart is continuing to sell these machines online is also telling."
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Wal-Mart Ends Test of Linux in Stores
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It seems although all the equipments were sold, computers with Linux just "...wasn't what our customers were looking for" said Melissa O'Brien, a spokeswoman from Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
This is really sad...
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Everex follows Asus Eee to announce 9in sub-notebook
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Not content with mounting a serious challenge to Asus' elfin Eee PC, US manufacturer Everex this week said it will follow up its 7in CloudBook sub-notebook with larger models later in the year.
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Wal-Mart, Dell offers help breathe new life into Linux
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At the beginning of November, Wal-Mart gave shoppers a chance to get an early start on their holiday shopping by offering a $199 desktop computer, both in its stores and online at WalMart.com. As desktop machines go, the Everex TC2502 is not particularly powerful, with a 1.5-gigahertz processor, 512 megabytes of RAM, an 80-gigabyte hard drive and no monitor.
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Response to "Why Wal-Mart Linux PC Is A Bad Deal" article
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Ok, so I read this article about why the Everex $200 PC being sold at Wal-Mart is a bad deal (fyi, it's also sold at ZaReason).
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Wal-Mart Plans To Restock Hot-Selling Linux PC
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Wal-Mart officials said Wednesday that the retailer plans to re-stock a hot selling, Linux-based PC that is currently sold out on its Web site. The Everex TC2502 Green gPC will again be available at Walmart.com "in the coming weeks," said a spokesman for the company.
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Hands-On With Everex's $200 gPC
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This turns what might otherwise be a bog-standard Windows PC into open source's first major assault on the most massive PC mass-market of them all: Wal-Mart shoppers that even Everex identifies as "unsophisticated."
But is it any good? The technology stork just dropped this baby at the door, so let's take a look!
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Everex launches $198 Ubuntu Linux gPC at Wal-Mart
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Everex, a longtime personal computer vendor, has unveiled its latest PC featuring Ubuntu Linux-based open-source productivity software and Google-based Web 2.0 applications, for a mere $198.
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