Dell Won't Preinstall Ubuntu Linux On Small-Business Computers
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| Dell's refusal to sell Ubuntu machines to small businesses makes sense,
| because those customers typically want PCs that let them get to work right
| away. "It makes sense because the assumption is they want everything to work
| right out of the box," Richard Shim, analyst for IDC, said. "With something
| like Ubuntu, it's going to require some tinkering."
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http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=200000030
IDC tells the world that Windows involves no setup issues, whereas Linux (when
preinstalled properly by Dell) _for some reason_ won't do. You can tell who
feeds that mouth. Again.
Related:
IDC pronounces Linux unimportant to European economy [in Microsoft-commissioned
study]
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=34542
NY Times bans Microsoft analysts from Microsoft stories
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| Part of the problem stems from the reticence of companies such as
| IDC and Gartner to reveal their clients. That should make everyone
| nervous, but it doesn't. So called objective technology publications
| keep publishing material bought by vendors without telling you this.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/12/15/nytimes_ms_ban/
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