On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:49:53 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> ____/ The Ghost In The Machine on Tuesday 19 February 2008 19:13 : \____
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>> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Moshe Goldfarb
>> <brick.n.straw@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote
>> on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:42:25 -0500
>> <1pean0pvvoph0$.7xujis5n2are$.dlg@xxxxxxxxxx>:
>>> On Tue, 19 Feb 2008 03:55:54 +0000, [H]omer wrote:
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>>>
>>>> Looks like this Ubuntu thing is not a fad at Dell. They really seem
>>>> committed, but then given the alternatives, I can't say I'm very surprised.
>>>
>>> Evidently Michael Dell was.
>>> The word is he removed Linux from his personal laptop.
>>>
>>
>> Actually, he replaced the laptop. Apparently he's now
>> using a Windows Vista Ultimate Edition XPS M1330 unit on
>> the road, and a Dell Precision M3600 with Windows XP SP2
>> at home.
>>
>>
> http://www.dell.com/content/topics/global.aspx/corp/biographies/en/msd_computers?c=us&l=en&s=corp
>>
>> The latter is presumably a replacement for
>> his Ubuntuified Precision M90. The story
>>
>> http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS5149877302.html
>>
>> is now in error, mostly because it's not corrected its link.
>>
>> In any event, *Dell should not commit to Linux*. It is not
>> a requirement for sale for most people, nor is it clear that
>> it will immediately increase revenue. I don't think it should
>> forbid it either, and in any event I'm an ant next to a $44B
>> company, so it's not up to me anyway. ;-)
>>
>> But a company lives or dies by revenue. If enough people
>> forsake Dell because it doesn't provide Linux, it'll get
>> the message. I for one think such unlikely, but it's been
>> a weird year.
>
> Don't help the Trolls create baseless rumours.
You've got that end of the business all sewed up Roy Schestowitz.
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Moshe Goldfarb
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