__/ [ John Bailo ] on Sunday 12 March 2006 08:17 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> If you now go to Dell's main page and then follow through to the "desktop"
>> section you will find:
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>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | Dell Open Source Desktops
>
> There is a link at the bottom of the general Desktop page that is "Open
> Source Desktops" as you say.
>
> This is where it takes you:
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>
http://www1.us.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/e510_nseries?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs
__/ [ John Bailo ] addedon Sunday 12 March 2006 08:19 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>>>> [1] "NSeries demand is growing rapidly," said Dell.
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>
http://www1.us.dell.com/content/topics/global.aspx/alliances/en/linux?c=us&cs=555&l=en&s=biz
>>>
>
> One thing they should do in the Configuration page is offer some high end
> distros as an OS choice.
>
> Right now the only option is "Free DOS" that comes with the Open Source
> desktops.
John, I am not sure we are talking about the same page. Dell are delivering
different pages to different regions and they still experiment. For a moment
there, they actually had the nSeries in the 'front windows'. That's just one
page away from the store's main page, so prospective customers are _one
click away_.
Oh, gosh. Look what I've just found. They are making changes over the
weekend. Changes are probably made we speak because I see changes all the
time. Here's a screenshot:
http://www.schestowitz.com/temp/screenshots/dell-gives-choice.jpg
I did not even follow a Linux or Open Source route. I simply 'wanted' to buy
a standard desktop workstation, and that's the screen I was presented with
as step 1. I swear!
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