Mark Kent wrote:
> 7 <website_has_email@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>
>>> Dell accounting probe finds possible 'misconduct'
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | Last year analyst firm Friedman Billings Ramsey criticized the
>>> | way Dell accounted for warranties, saying the company used an
>>> | "unusual" method for accounting for the money it takes in from
>>> | warranty sales and the money it reserves to handle expected
>>> | warranty claims.
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9584_22-6171818.html
>>>
>>> Let's hope they don't spoil the reputation of GNU/Linux through
>>> association.
>>
>>
>> This is all a nightmare indicating dell$ is losing money
>> head over tails and they are just sucking money out of
>> every customer and contract to keep itself afloat.
>
> Interesting you mention this. I was considering whether the recent
> moves by Dell to offer Linux machines might not be more of a sign of
> board in panic than a realistic strategy. It takes time to a presence
> in a new market, and I do not know if Dell have enough. Worse, initial
> forays into new markets are often not particularly successful, as there
> is so much new work to learn about, and so many new mistakes to make.
> Dell could argue that they've been offering linux in China
Its simply not value for money to buy a dell$ machine in china
because local and taiwan produced machines are immensely
better value for money.
For dell$ to be selling in china represents the last drop
of blood it can drain from china.
> for some
> time, and could perhaps learn from that, but internal corporate politics
> usually prevents the best lessons from striking home.
>
> I'm in two minds as to whether Dell will be a huge linux retailer in
> about 5 years, or just a fading memory.
eSys still supplying Linux PCs (if you can get hold of them) for 127 pounds
at www.ebuyer.com (2.5GHz, 80Gb machines).
I've been using them for years without a problem.
That being a profitable sell for eSys and ebuyer for years
indicates how far the prices have to go down for dell$ inefficiently
produced PC.
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