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OpenOffice.org in Wal*Mart thanks to Everex

July 18th, 2007

Everex GC3502 PCEverex today launched their new “back to school” PC in the US. The PC will sell in Wal*Mart, and has OpenOffice.org 2 pre-installed. The Press Release has full details.

See my earlier posting as to why this is important … and why I believe more announcements like this are inevitable. Congratulations then to Everex for having the courage to make a step some of their larger competitors are still fussing over.

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3 Responses to “OpenOffice.org in Wal*Mart thanks to Everex”

  1. JZA Says:
    July 19th, 2007 at 6:11 am

    Do you have Walmart in Ireland? Or is this a us-centric news. Interesting. We got wal-mart in mexico but I am not sure if we got them.

  2. John Says:
    July 19th, 2007 at 7:19 am

    Wal*Mart bought out the Asda supermarket chain in the UK some time ago, which they brand as “Asda – part of the Wal*Mart family”. Asda sells a range of PCs in their stores, but none from Everex.

    John

  3. Meall Dubh » Blog Archive » Conference Day 1 - beyond MS-Office Says:
    September 19th, 2007 at 9:20 pm

    [...] any contributor to OpenOffice.org must be the vote of thanks received from Everex following their Wal*Mart PC – we put out a press release about it, and the broadcast is [...]

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