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>Actually, this isn't true. You can get all kinds of Linux machines and from major vendors like IBM. Check out the following story at http://www5.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2491800,00.html?chkpt=zdnntop
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>Joe average user is not going to buy an IBM Server...< s >.. My frame of reference was in the context of retail outlets such as CompUSA, ComputerCity, Gateway, Dell, etc.. In those channels, you don't have choice...

Nope. Wrong again. I just checked. I can buy a Dell Server with one of the following:

1) No OS
2) Win NT 4.0
3) Win 2000
4) Netware 5.0
6) Red Hat Linux

Gateway gives me less choice:

1) No OS
2) Win NT 4.0
3) Win 2000
4) Netware 5.0