Doesn’t that headline say the obvious? Doesn’t the entire world know that Linux simply doesn’t offer the kind of mass-market appeal Windows and Mac OS X do? I guess not.
According to the company, Wal-Mart has pulled all Linux-equipped computers off its shelves because it “didn’t attract as much customer attention as Windows machines.”
“This really wasn’t what our customers were looking for,” stated Wal-Mart Stores spokeswoman Melissa O’Brien.
Gee, really? To see if its customers wanted Linux, the company stocked the $199 Green gPC in about 600 stores to see if people really wanted to try out a new, far more advanced, operating system. And although the company won’t announce sales figures, it looks like its decision to sell Linux-based machines was doomed from the start–in stores.
Ironically, the gPC has performed much better on the web and Wal-Mart will continue to sell it on its e-commerce page.
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source The Digital Home
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