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Re: Dell finally gets the message

  • Subject: Re: Dell finally gets the message
  • From: flyer <flyer@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 08:02:58 -0700
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: The Los Angeles Free-Net
  • References: <7o2pc4-e5m.ln1@sky.matrix> <A7mdndlzlcvZaGTYnZ2dnUVZ_u_inZ2d@speakeasy.net> <2280819.3IXh2MVZtG@schestowitz.com>
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  • Xref: ellandroad.demon.co.uk comp.os.linux.advocacy:505308
In article <2280819.3IXh2MVZtG@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, 
newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx says...
> __/ [ John Bailo ] on Friday 16 March 2007 01:39 \__
> 
> > [H]omer wrote:
> >> .----
> >> | Dell to Expand Linux Options
> >> |
> >> | We can?t offer
> >> | everything (all systems, all distributions, all support options), so
> >> | we?ve crafted a survey (www.dell.com/linuxsurvey) to let you help us
> >> | prioritize what we should deliver for you.
> > 
> > Right...then the next foot drag will be:
> > 
> > "We've whittled down your favorite distroes to Ubuntu, Suse and Fedora
> > -- and we'd like to know (blah, blah, blah)."
> > 
> > Then it will be
> > 
> > "We've partnered with Distro X...now we need to know what options you
> > want installed..."
> > 
> > Meanwhile, 2007, drags into 2008...2009...
> 
> Yeah, nothing new here. Let's wait until it's signed. And the ink dries up...

Yes, we'll see if they mean it or are simply lying.

Personally I think they mean it because Dell is not nearly as nuts as 
Gates and the Stage Donkey.

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