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We Want Linux press release

From:  Survey Admin <surveyadmin@wewantlinux.org>
To:  pr@lwn.net
Subject:  We Want Linux press release
Date:  Mon, 19 Aug 2002 09:42:37 -0600

We Want Linux, a self-funded non-commercial group of IT professionals,
would like to see the computing consumer have as many options in the
marketplace as possible, and so we'd like to see those who have an
interest in GNU/Linux be able to try out a demo machine in stores like
CompUSA and Best Buy, the same way they can right now with Windows. We
also feel the potential Linux desktop user ought to have the same
opportunity as those who use Windows, that is, to buy a computer with
Linux pre-loaded and thereby avoid the hassle of installing an
operating system. To these ends we've created a web site

http://www.wewantlinux.org/

for the purpose of surveying the computer-buying public and
determining how much demand there is for off-the-shelf computers with
GNU/Linux pre-loaded. We invite you to visit the site and participate
in the survey. Once we've gathered a significant amount of survey
data, we intend to present our findings to the retailers in the hope
of persuading them to demo Linux in their stores.


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