Wal-Mart boots $199 gPC out of stores
After selling out of the linux-driven machines, Wal-Mart is sending the gPC packing to the online store. From the looks of it Wal-Mart got a lot of returns and/or complaints from folks not savvy enough to deal with the uniqueness of a linux machine. The company will continue to sell them online, where according to a company spokesperson, they continue to sell well.
“This really wasn’t what our customers were looking for,” said Wal-Mart Stores Inc. spokeswoman Melissa O’Brien. The company will not be restocking the retail stores. The gPC was made by Everex.
For a computer novice looking for a bargain, I am sure the eccentricities of a Linux machine were just too much to bear.
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Linux will never maintain a noticeable market share in the desktop market. People have predicted it would for years now and it is repeatedly proven that the masses prefer Windows for ease of use, support and range of applications.
Ubuntu was just one more of a doomed line of Linux flavors wasting the time of talented developers who could have been doing something worthwhile with their talents than reinventing a crappy version of the wheel that will never be used by more than a few extremeists.
on March 11, 2008 at 11:57 AM - LINKHa ha, this is kinda funny, i can picture all the typical “wal-mart” shoppers wondering what the hell linux is and where is window. Good move wal-mart.
on March 11, 2008 at 01:38 PM - LINK@Echo, true. Wal-Mart certainly isn’t equipped to explain the hows and whys of Linux and I am sure they got some frustrated people just looking for an easy and cheap computer to use. Too bad this wasn’t it.
on March 11, 2008 at 05:04 PM - LINKHi!
I have a buy one get one laptop. See http://www.laptopgiving.org They use Linux, but have many nice FREE programs that this machine could use.
Basically, WallMart users are not expecting to be computer savy! Any computer can be Linux driven practically, yet people do not run it for the most part!
on March 11, 2008 at 09:20 PM - LINK