DethKnight: Not unless you could get it to ship w/ the (mass market "sheep" ) computer pre-installed or dual-bootable. Reference the linux struggles in such an environment.
The alternative is to do everything yourself and sell a horribly expensive and obsolete machine that almost nobody wants. Good examples are obvious.
Why, oh why, do people just slice things into two categories: Bargain-basement X86 hardware that must be bought in parts and an OS off-the-shelf... or proprietary, prepackaged systems NOT based on X86? Why can't you have a prepackaged X86 system? Put together an Abit IS7, P4, and a custom case, and preload a decent OS on it. Modern hardware, low price, and upgradability. If you can't sell that, it's just because nobody wants it... or your list of potential customers really, really hate Intel. ;-)
Of course, that's the desktop market. For servers, most everything is proprietary. I've been wanting to upgrade our duel processor IBM tower at work, but our software is hard-coded for each CPU by serial number, so we can't upgrade unless we go through Kodak, and, naturally, they don't HAVE any upgrades... at any price.
Sheesh. No wonder they're hemorrhaging money.
