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Thou Shalt complain to thy OEM

Posted by: Anonymous Coward on January 12, 2005 12:18 AM
Thou Shalt complain to the OEMs for not offering a choice.

Here is a cute little back stab from HP.

The ad says they offer SUSEŽ Linux HP Edition 9.1


          <A HREF="http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF04a/321957-64295-89315-321838-f33.html" title="hp.com">http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF04a/321<nobr>9<wbr></nobr> 57-64295-89315-321838-f33.html</a hp.com>

But when you get to the "configure and buy" it disappears.

<A HREF="http://h71016.www7.hp.com/dstore/ctoBases.asp?ProductLineId=430&FamilyId=1776&jumpid=re_R2515_store/smProdCat/PSG/notebooks/HP_nx5000_notebook" title="hp.com">http://h71016.www7.hp.com/dstore/ctoBases.asp?Pro<nobr>d<wbr></nobr> uctLineId=430&FamilyId=1776&jumpid=re_R2515_store<nobr>/<wbr></nobr> smProdCat/PSG/notebooks/HP_nx5000_notebook</a hp.com>

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