Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> Want Linux pre-installed? Don?t hold your breath in NZ
>
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> | The New Zealand Open Source Society president Don Christie said he knew
> | of no company selling Linux pre-installed in New Zealand, although he
> | thought that Dell might be close. Well, as we discovered, that would be
> | ?close', but on a cosmic scale only.
They can buy from eSys (based in Singapore) and many Chinese/Taiwan sellers
any day. I think this is a case of not trying hard enough.
In India the 10,000 Rupee computer is Linux with components imported from
places like Taiwan and China.
> http://m-net.net.nz/1758/latest-news/latest-news
want-linux-pre-installed-don-t-hold-your-breath-in.php
>
>
> Related:
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | McKeon said obviously Dell Australia would be watching what happens
> | in the US, and the local office is keen to make Linux machines
> | available.
> |
> | "It's something we'd definitely like to do ... we have a sizeable
> | Linux community in Australia particularly in Canberra and Adelaide."
> `----
>
> http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/hardware/soa
Dell-release-Linux-on-PCs-only-in-US/0,130061702,339277928,00.htm
>
>
> Linux Rolls On [to other countries]
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | Know some of you saw this in last week's post, but I wanted to be clear
> | that Dell does have plans to offer Linux to more consumers in additional
> | locations outside the United States. More details to come later this
> | summer. We will also offer Ubuntu to small business customers in the
> | future.
> `----
>
> http://direct2dell.com/one2one/archive/2007/07/06/20256.aspx
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