Why Dell should offer more than just Ubuntu
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| Dell can supply normal machines at exceptional value so I see no
| reason why they can't extend their Ubuntu scheme to offering
| completely blank computers. Bringing Linux to the mainstream
| is a good idea but you need to think beyond that - enthusiasts
| spend a lot money and we like making our own decisions. Give us
| a blank box and we'll put whatever Linux we like on it. They
| get a sale and I get a smile - everyone's a winner.
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http://www.seopher.com/articles/why_dell_should_offer_more_than_
But Microsoft calls these 'naked PCs' and contends that it leads to Windows
piracy (see below). It even opposes Linux preinstalls for the same reason.
The nerve.
Related:
Intensified Battle Lines
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| Some years back Open Source Industry Australia (OSIA) spokesperson
| Steven D'Aprano had posed a most intriguing question, "If Microsoft
| has a problem with piracy, it shouldn't be blamed on OEMs who sell
| PCs with Linux pre-installed or no operating system at all. Should
| we discourage supermarkets from selling plain bread, because
| shoppers might steal butter from elsewhere?"
|
| [...]
|
| For long now a tag has been associated with Linux. Industry players
| and resellers say Linux has become a smart, official, cheap and
| convenient form of piracy. The charge, is however, outrightly
| rejected by the Linux vendors.
|
| At their end, open source vendors will not miss an opportunity to
| assert that anyone who has benefited out of piracy is the
| proprietary vendors, like Microsoft.
|
| [...]
|
| Partners are already moving close to Linux vendors for various
| reasons. The days to come will, therefore, offer interesting
| battle lines unfolding between MS and open source players.
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http://www.channeltimes.com/India/Columns/Intensified_Battle_Lines/551-80562-751.html
http://tinyurl.com/37n6do
Treachery In The Trenches
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| I believe that most people do not grasp the immense entity of Microsoft.
| This is an organization and a man who commands the attention and bidding
| of world leaders. On a recent trip to America, the President of China
| spent his first evening in the United States, not with our President,
| but Bill Gates. He was the guest of the Gates mansion that first
| evening and the guest of honor for a dinner attended by over one
| hundred people. Why? To ask him to crack down on Software piracy
| and to insure that his computer manufacturers put Microsoft Windows
| on thier newly made machines instead of shipping them with no OS. He
| didn't see the President of the United States for over 36 hours...he
| spent that time with Bill Gates at his home and at the Redmond
| Campus.
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http://blog.lobby4linux.com/index.php?/archives/88-Treachery-In-The-Trenches.html
Dell's next step - SUSE Linux desktops?
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| There are a couple of good reasons to draw this
| conclusion. One, if Dell wants to cosy up to a Linux
| reseller and not put its relationship with Microsoft
| under strain, then that reseller has to be Novell.
|
| [...]
|
| Second, Dell would much prefer to deal with a US
| company rather than an outsider - and, no matter
| what Mark Shuttleworth's standing is in the tech
| community, he is an outsider in the US, certainly
| not one of the "boys."
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http://www.itwire.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12731&Itemid=1091
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