__/ [ thad05@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ] on Friday 01 June 2007 17:42 \__
> John A. Bailo <jabailo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Any word on how many Ubuntu systems Dell has sold?
>>
>
> Way too early to tell; those sorts of numbers usually come out
> quarterly at best, if at all. Dell is under no legal obligation
> to get overly detailed when publishing their sales data. If
> they've found a lucrative niche, they may not be in a big hurry
> to spill it to their competition.
>
> I've heard rumors that sales at launch had a nice bounce, but
> I expect that to ease off after the hype dies down. Its the
> long term trend that really matters here.
>
> Dell just beat their estimates by a healthy amount with their
> most recent quarterly numbers, so it looks like they at least
> have the staying power to give this Linux thing a real try.
>
> :)
I've been seeing reviews from people who bought this. Of course, being
Dell/major OEM, not just geeks with blogs buy these, so a lot of these
'transactions' might be quiet. It's really nice to find the word "Linux" in
more articles than ever before. Almost every "Dell" article now has the
mentioning of "Linux, the alternative to Microsoft's operating system"
mentioned in one paragraph, if not the headline. It stretches beyond the
technology-oriented news outlets, so many people will no longer perceive
Linux as something that does not exist (i.e. underground culture).
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