Re: Gateway's Linux support

["Robert G. Brown" <bob@xxxxxxx>]

Alan DeJong <annette@net-link.net> wrote:
>When I had a WINDOZE problem with my machine, they wouldnt even service it >because i had linux on it.....
Yes, the patterns is clear enough. Modify the machine beyond a certain point,
and your service agreement is in essence voided. Installing a new OS is be-
yond that point. Hopefully installing other software within the framework of 
the OS supplied by Gatwway (or for that matter, changing the color scheme on
your display) is not.

Robert Brown (bob@acm.org) wrote:
>>>...Now, on getting the new modem... did you get it through Gateway? If
>>>not, Will they continue to cover the machine, even though you have 
>>>"modified" it?
Joel Turmo <turmo@mindspring.com> wrote:
>>They will support the modem only if it is bought from them.  I don't know if >>it will void thier agreement to support the machine.
See the above and previous stories in this thread for evidence. It is fairly 
easy to infer the reaction Gateway would have to a user-installed modem.

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