Wal-Mart Ends Test of Linux in Stores

I'm not really surprised at this. No Wal-Mart employee I talked to at any store knew anything about the G-PC. I guess I don't live near any of the 600 test market locations. They are still selling it online, however.

Computers that run the Linux operating system instead of Microsoft Corp.'s Windows didn't attract enough attention from Wal-Mart customers, and the chain has stopped selling them in stores, a spokeswoman said Monday. "This really wasn't what our customers were looking for," said Wal-Mart Stores Inc. spokeswoman Melissa O'Brien.

Yes, lets not sell easy to use, free operating systems that are not targets for viruses and malware to our customers. Instead, we will sell other cheap PCs with Vista Home Basic installed and let Grandma deal with User Account Control.

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