Community Matters

Interesting… Asus’ EeePC is basically the hottest selling computer out there, yet Walmart stops selling Linux computers in its stores, including the Everex Cloudbook, which is competing for exactly the same market.

Interestingly enough, they will continue to sell these machines online, but apparently they are not flying off the shelves in the stores so they will disappear from there. I wonder why this experiment failed. Is it a problem with the Everex machines? Is it that Walmart is not exactly attracting the right audience for these computers (I cannot remember the last time I was in a Walmart)? Or is Linux simply the wrong choice of OS for this market segment?

I look forward to seeing more sales numbers for the EeePC, the Cloudbook and some of the other new entries into this market like the Kohjinsha E8 and the yet to be officially announced Compaq 2133.