CRN Interview: Dell Chairman & CEO Michael Dell
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| CRN: Last week, Dell talked a lot about Linux on the desktop and with
| respect to the Microsoft-Novell partnership. Is that a real potential
| growth area for Dell and its channel partners?
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| DELL: Linux has been around for quite some time, and on the server
| side Linux is well-established. On the client side, the opportunity
| is more emerging. We certainly see an enthusiast segment that is
| interested in Linux. We see some scientific and technical users.
| What we're doing very much here is listening to what our users
| tell us. If we see demand there, we're going to go and do our
| best to respond to it.
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| CRN: How would you describe Dell's relationship with Microsoft?
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| DELL: Microsoft is one of our key technology partners.
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| CRN: Was there any blowback from Microsoft with respect to
| Dell's Linux moves?
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| DELL: No.
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http://www.crn.com/it-channel/199600481;jsessionid=BE5Q0XCMK2JEWQSNDLPSKHSCJUNN2JVN?pgno=2
N.Y. attorney general accuses Dell of fraud
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| Dell is being accused of making false promises to customers to drive
| sales, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday by New York Attorney
| General Andrew Cuomo.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1040_22-6184057.html
Related:
Dell accounting probe finds possible 'misconduct'
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| 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.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9584_22-6171818.html
Investors sue Dell on payments from Intel: WSJ
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| An investor lawsuit seeking class-action status accuses Dell Inc. of
| improper accounting in its relationship with chip giant Intel,
| according to a media report published Thursday evening.
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| [...]
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| The suit alleges that Dell received at times as much as $1 billion
| a year in "secret and likely illegal" kickbacks in the form of
| "e-Cap" or "exception to corporate average pricing" payments"
| from Intel to ensure that Dell used no other chip supplier,
| according to The Journal.
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http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/investors-sue-dell-payments-intel/story.aspx?guid=%7B400315B0%2DE375%2D4920%2DB300%2D784220BE
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