The world's largest retailer WalMart refuses to sales of personal computers with preloaded operating system Linux.
Recall that at the end of last year, WalMart announced plans to initiate sales of a test batch of computers with preloaded operating system Linux, as the retailer had intended to study the demand for Linux-computers. Retailer to sell $ 200 computers Green PC manufacturing Taiwan Everex. Sales started in late October 2007 at 600 supermarkets company.
"This is not what our customers want," - said in an interview with AP representative WalMart Stores Melissa O'Brien.
However, the company reported that the online shop WalMart.com selling Linux-computers before October 2007 and will continue to implement them and the refusal of the retail network.
According to Paul Kim, brand manager GPC in the company Everex, as the company moves selling computers online has its own logic, since it is on Internet sales accounted big portion of sales.
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