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Re: [News] Dell Asks Which Linux Distro We Want

__/ [ John Bailo ] on Wednesday 14 March 2007 22:44 \__

> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> __/ [ Paul Hovnanian P.E. ] on Wednesday 14 March 2007 03:25 \__
>> 
>>> Pick any one. We (the Linux community) will benefit because:
>>>
>>> 1) the h/w support issue will be addresed. If a user wants to switch and
>>> open source drivers are available, porting them to a different distro
>>> will be easy.
>>>
>>> 2) no Windows tax.
>> 
>> Some people might be upset if Novell (with 'protection' free) got chosen.
>> I suppose you could offer a 'quick restore'-type CD/s and deliver the
>> machine in a state which leaves room for choice, as well as a convenient
>> fallback.
>> 
> 
> Well, I guess my Suse vote will cancel whichever one you voted for....

I did not vote. Given how much disappoitnment and void promised they have
delivered so far, I wouldn't give them data.

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