As I've noted elsewhere, WalMart is a major player in the effort to lower computer prices. WM's primary contribution is to sell off-brand hardware bundled with with operating systems and office suites away from Microsoft. Now they are pushing the Firefox web browser:
Now Firefox is going to start showing up in retail stores as a preinstalled browser on PCs from Linspire--the company formerly known as Lindows. The browser is being bundled alongside the OpenOffice.org office productivity suite which is considered an open-source alternative to Microsoft Office. Retailers like WalMart Stores' (nyse: WMT - news - people ) WalMart.com and Staples (nasdaq: SPLS - news - people ) carry Linspire machines.
Posted by Kevin on November, 29 2004 at 11:12 AM
