Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> __/ [ [H]omer ] on Saturday 26 May 2007 04:41 \__
>
>> In addition to the aforementioned:
>>
>> http://www.dell.com/open
>>
>> There's now also:
>>
>> http://linux.dell.com/
>>
>> Which they describe as their "Dell Linux Engineering Web".
>>
>> Looks like their new-found love for Linux is more than just a PR stunt.
>> Dell are deadly serious about Linux. Sweaty must have gone through a
>> *stack* of chairs in the last couple of days, especially after seeing
>> the huge Ubuntu advert right at the top of Dell's front page.
>>
>> Seems like a lot of effort to go to for what the Munchkins claim is a
>> "tiny market share". Maybe Dell know something the Shill's don't.
>
> Afterthought...
Thought? I don't think so. It reads like the rabid machinations of a mad
man.
>
> What if some [poor|cheap] people decided to pick the Linux-loaded Dells and
> install pirated Windows on these? Those machine are, after all,
> cheaper.
Huh?
> This could give a great boost to perceived Linux sales, just like in
> China
Huh?
> and India. Linux will still be there in case they wish to
> explore. Microsoft
Huh?
> could also use this as an argument against offering Linux preinstalled for a
> cheaper price. That's just what they do in Asia. They have just got a
> large
Huh?
> lump of money from the Chinese (Lenovo: $1.3 billion), having gotten them
> 'addicted' over the year (see below).
Huh?
You make *no* sense whatsoever.
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | Specifically, Bill Gates, citing China as an example, said:
> |
> | "Although about 3 million computers get sold every year in China, but
> | people don't pay for the software," he said. "Someday they will, though.
> | As long as they are going to steal it, we want them to steal ours.
> | They'll get sort of addicted, and then we'll somehow figure out how to
> | collect sometime in the next decade."
> `----
>
> http://www.cybersource.com.au/press/gates_set_to_addict_next_billion.html
>
> 'Collection' time? Who pays the Bill?
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