{"id":802,"date":"2008-03-11T01:23:47","date_gmt":"2008-03-11T01:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2008\/03\/11\/it-is-safe-to-hate-wal-mart-again\/"},"modified":"2012-08-17T05:19:40","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T05:19:40","slug":"it-is-safe-to-hate-wal-mart-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2008\/03\/11\/it-is-safe-to-hate-wal-mart-again\/","title":{"rendered":"It is safe to hate Wal-Mart again"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back in November I bragged<\/a> on Wal-mart for carrying Everex’s TC2502 gPC<\/a>, the first mass-market under $200 desktop computer. The low-cost PC featured gOS<\/a>, a custom distribution of Ubuntu<\/a> Linux. At the time, reports circulated that the new computer had completely sold out at the 630 Wal-Marts that offered the product.<\/p>\n

Now this<\/a> from Wal-Mart:<\/p>\n

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Computers that run the Linux operating system instead of Microsoft Corp.’s Windows didn’t attract enough attention from Wal-Mart customers, and the chain has stopped selling them in stores, a spokeswoman said Monday.<\/p>\n

"This really wasn’t what our customers were looking for," said Wal-Mart Stores Inc. spokeswoman Melissa O’Brien.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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But later in the same article:<\/p>\n

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Wal-Mart sold out the in-store gPC inventory but decided not to restock, O’Brien said. The company does not reveal sales figures for individual items.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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So is Bill Gates a Wal-Mart shareholder or what?<\/p>\n

The only good news gleamed from this article is that Walmart.com carries the newer version<\/a> of the low-price PC. Though currently Walmart.com claims this computer is NOT FOR SALE ONLINE!<\/span><\/p>\n

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