__/ [ Jim Richardson ] on Wednesday 26 July 2006 18:30 \__
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> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> __/ [ B Gruff ] on Wednesday 26 July 2006 12:51 \__
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>>> On Wednesday 26 July 2006 08:20 Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>
>>>> At the moment, I have SuSE 8.1 (circa 2002) running on a
>>>> Dell, which I must admit is Linux-friendly. I tried two
>>>> separate Dell models with Ubuntu and SuSE and everything
>>>> worked just fine 'out of the box'. I'd raise two thumbs for
>>>> Dell if it were not for all the "Dell recommends Windows XP"
>>>> malarkey, which is of course something from Microsoft's
>>>> books. Also see the recent article from NewsForge on the
>>>> state of OEM's and O/Sen in North America.
>>>
>>> Yep, but also note that Dell U.K. are advertising Linux with quite
>>> high-end stuff in the U.K.
>>> By that, I mean that it's in the list of OS options on their site.
>>> I think that price-wise it's "ring us", which leads me to wonder if they
>>> are stuck in some way to *not* show the actual cost of Windows, if you
>>> see what I mean?
>>
>> I grabbed the following before Easter...
>>
>> http://www.schestowitz.com/temp/screenshots/dell-gives-choice.jpg
>>
>> I believe the price was the same as that of Windows XP, but
>> I cannot remember for sure. Bear in mind that Red Hat's RHEL
>> is a commercial edition.
>>
>> Dell is making progress. HP is making quicker progress
>> (laptops are SLED approved, soon to be preloaded with SLED
>> 10 on an custom order basis). IBM is a true ally and there
>> are hundreds of shops out there that offer machines with
>> Linux pre-installed.
>>
>
> Saw a newsbit today, HP says that 20% of their laptops sold in India
> were sold with Linux preinstalled.
I read that a day or two ago. The context was a NewsForge article which
speaks of consistent pre-installation of Windows by OEM's in North America.
I must admit that this newsbit is likely to encourage HP to extend their
distribution of Linux and have it reach more regions world-wide. Their
principal manager recently said that HP is looking at the market and waits
to expand Linux beyond France, South Africa, Asia, and South America
(notably Brasil). Here are some items from the past month:
Apart from that, just looking at the
past month of two, let me add to the praises by pulling a few links.
HP Has Got Novell's Back
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| It's this support that HP is touting. It has 6,500 personnel dedicated
| to Linux support, who also use it as part of their daily jobs.
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http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3620611
HP, Blueloop And Omni Demonstrate How Upto 10 Users Can Share A Single
Linux Desktop Computer
http://in.sys-con.com/read/247419.htm
HP To Certify Suse Linux For Notebooks
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| Lance Stevens, software product marketing manager for business PCs at
| HP, said he expects that HP would eventually preload SLED 10 on desktops
| on a custom-order basis.
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http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=190301147&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_All
HP To Support Novell Desktop Linux
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| Plans call for HP to certify SLED 10 for select desktops--including
| the nx6310, nx6320, nc6320, nc2400, nx6315 and nx6325 models--before
| the year's end, the spokeswoman said in response to questions from CRN.
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http://www.channelweb.com/sections/allnews/article.jhtml?articleId=189500832&cid=ChannelWebNews
HP Teams with Availigent on Linux
http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/237070.htm
HP's Switzerland Strategy: Playing in Unix, Linux and Windows Markets
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| Our regional groups have the freedom to work more locally if a customer
| wants it. So we do Mandriva in France and Brazil, and Ubuntu in South
| Africa. If there is big interest when Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 10
| from Novell is released, the PSG (personal systems group) can turn on a
| dime and offer it pretty quickly worldwide.
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/b7hsCMALGZ2L15/HPs-Switzerland-Strategy-Playing-in-Unix-Linux-and-Windows-Markets.xh
>> The world is changing. Windows has become so bad that even
>> Microsoft cannot force the OEM to hide alternatives. Not
>> even with kickbacks and complex contracts that prescribe
>> which icons you put on the customer's desktop. While vendors
>> want to sell high-end machines (culminating inn Vista's 'hog
>> factor'), customers want cheap, cheap, cheap. And stable,
>> and secure, and reliable, and versatile, and powerful. Just
>> give them GNU/Linux. Rest in peace, Windows. We will not be
>> missing you, but SPAM that will carry on arriving until the
>> old generation of computers is deceased will remind us of
>> Windows' death. Of course, it will take a couple of years...
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Roy
>
> ditto
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