I suggest contacting lenovo and letting them know about your
objections to their change in direction.
http://www.lenovo.com/contact/us/en/
Smitty
p.s.
Bob, didn't you once have a television program?
Bob Newhart wrote:
> That sucks, most other companies don't support or even care about
> Linux anyways. Does anyone know other good laptop manufacturers that
> acknowledge Linux? I know personally my wife has an HP laptop and I do
> not like it at all. They did not send the Windows Cd's with it and it
> had a problem. She wants to stay on windows and they wanted me to pay
> for the Cd's although I already paid for the license to use it. That
> makes me not favor HP very much although I know they donated a couple
> of servers for Linux kernel development. I haven't had any problems
> with about 3 different Thinkpads I installed Linux on, except for the
> cursor drifting, but I think they do that no matter what.
>
> On 6/4/06, Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> wrote:
>> On Sun, Jun 04, 2006 at 06:24:52PM -0400, Austin Denyer wrote:
>> > On Sun, 4 Jun 2006 15:44:24 -0600, Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com>
>> > wrote:
>> > >
>> > > As excellently as Thinkpads have served for me in the past, I've
>> always
>> > > had a fondness for the things. Lately that has been wavering a
>> little,
>> > > as I've seen some of what Lenovo is doing with the line and begun to
>> > > worry about where this will lead in the future. This announcement
>> > > pretty much seals the deal: they're likely to lose a customer in
>> me, and
>> > > in anyone that takes my advice for portable Linux computing (which is
>> > > probably more than the average for people who give advice to friends
>> > > when they're in the market for laptops).
>> >
>> > It's a shame, because the Lenovos are great for Linux compatibility.
>> > One of my colleagues has one, and EVERYTHING works under Linux!
>>
>> They're still using a lot of IBM technology. I'm sure that'll change,
>> with the current direction they're heading, as more and more stuff gets
>> replaced over time under the new management.
>>
>> --
>> CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ]
>> "Real ugliness is not harsh-looking syntax, but having to
>> build programs out of the wrong concepts." - Paul Graham
>>
>
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