__/ [ B Gruff ] on Wednesday 13 December 2006 17:17 \__
> On Wednesday 13 December 2006 17:14 John Bailo wrote:
>
>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>> Dell Open-Source Notebooks
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | The open-source n Series notebooks feature select popular models
>>> | from the LatitudeTM line available with a copy of the FreeDOSTM
>>> | open-source operating system included in the box, ready to install.
>>> `----
>>>
>>>
>
http://www.dell.com/content/products/features.aspx/nseries_nb?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd&%7Eck=mn
>>
>> I want to be happy...but I'm not.
>>
>> Dell is moving way too slow on fully adoption of pre-installed SLED 10.2
>
> Is there such a thing, John?
>
> Certainly there is OpenSUSE 10.2
> Certainly there is a SLED 10.
> Is there a SLED 10.2?
SLED 10 is actually very similar to Opensuse 10, 2 at least visually. The
main difference is that one needs to 'hack' Opensuse (just a few minutes
with the HOWTO... Jem Matzan put up an excellent one for 10.2).
Microsoft will not give Dell an easy time. Same with H-P and Lenovo.
Microsoft vehemently hates the idea of preinstalling Linux because it gives
people (and particularly developers who check their target market size) the
facts -- rather than a so-called 'illusion' -- that Linux is out there
growing rapidly... not just by passing around CD-ROM's and DVD's.
The Linux coupons deal with Microsoft, as it turns out, only involved
installing SLES 10 as a client (virtualised) under Windows. Speaking about
gotcha phrases and sales pitch., see how XenSOurce (now based in Seattle, at
leats in part) changed its focus recently.
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