Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on June 20, 2002 01:46 AM
Unlike Dell or other companies Microsoft has pressured away from Linux, Wal-Mart is not primarily a hardware store. If Wal-Mart were to lose 100% of its computer sales they would still be the largest retail chain in the world.
That makes it pretty hard for Microsoft to pressure them at all. Microsoft's only real option is to partner with a hardware manufacturer to offer even cheaper systems to Wal-Mart and walmart.com, but then they risk upsetting existing customers who would want the same deal.
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Re:Great!
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on June 20, 2002 01:46 AMThat makes it pretty hard for Microsoft to pressure them at all. Microsoft's only real option is to partner with a hardware manufacturer to offer even cheaper systems to Wal-Mart and walmart.com, but then they risk upsetting existing customers who would want the same deal.
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