__/ [ Richard Rasker ] on Wednesday 28 February 2007 21:14 \__
> Op Wed, 28 Feb 2007 12:47:41 -0800, schreef The Ghost In The Machine:
>
>> http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37893
>>
>> DELL HAS DASHED the hopes of Open Saucers who wanted the maker of
>> tin is to install the operating system in some of its computers.
>>
>> (Open Saucers?)
>>
>> Open saucers hopes were raised when Dell posted a note on its online
>> suggestion box, IdeaStorm Web site saying it was â??listening to its
>> customersâ?? and certifying three of its corporate hardware lines --
>> OptiPlex desktops, Latitude notebooks and Dell Precision
>> workstations -- for use with Novell SUSE Linux.
>>
>> [...]
>>
>> Dell issued a statement today saying that it was not even close to
>> installing the OS into any of its product ranges and that certifying
>> the hardware for being ready to work with Novell SUSE Linux, was not
>> the same thing.
>>
>> Sigh.
>
> I guess mr. Dell got a "Dear Michael" letter from Steve ...
And who didn't see that coming? It always happens.
Did Microsoft want to 'whack' Dell over its Linux dealings?
http://news.com.com/Did+Microsoft+want+to+whack+Dell+over+its+Linux+dealings/2100-1014_3-6153904.html
Dell's secret Linux fling
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/09/dell_linux_china/
Microsoft 'killed Dell Linux' - States
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/03/19/microsoft_killed_dell_linux_states/
Meanwhile we discovered that Bill Gates sold over $3 billion worth of MSFT
stock. Without Dell chokehold, they would be nothing.
The same goes to H-P...
Microsoft dirty tricks, part two (Bob Cringely)
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| "So the outside vendor was Hewlett-Packard, one of Microsoft's
| hardware OEMs, which is to say Microsoft's bitch.
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http://www.technologyevangelist.com/2007/02/microsoft_dirty_tric_4.html
French consumer protectionists are demanding PCs without preinstalled
software
,----[ Quote ]
| The consumer protectionists of the French organization UFC-Que Choisir
| are demanding of the IT group Hewlett-Packard and the vendors Auchan
| and Darty that they offer PCs without preinstalled software.
`----
http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/82605/from/rss09
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