After takin' a swig o' grog, Erik Funkenbusch belched out this bit o' wisdom:
> On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 01:32:18 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2187517/dell-linux-set-shake-market
>>
>> He should of course realise that Enderle is a notorious Microsoft shill,
>> right? A quick background check will confirm this. Enderle has been going
>> around, submitting press release (they cost money) to spread FUD about Dell
>> and Linux recently. Who's paying for this? He also did this with the OLPC,
>> which runs Linux. How filthy is Microsoft, SCO, and the rest of the ilk
>> willing to get? It's all too transparent.
>
> Despite your usual shoot the messenger and ignore the message way,
> regardless of his loyalties, he does raise a valid point. No major OEM can
> survive by strictly selling hardware. The margins are too thin. They
> survive by offering higher margin add-ons and through trial-ware contracts.
Microsoft holds the whip hand here.
> Selling machines with Linux, without opportunity for other upsells wouldn't
> give them enough margin to survive.
Of course, in the event of failure, you will instead claim it is due to
Linux itself.
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The computer revolution is over. The computers won.
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