____/ The Ghost In The Machine on Tuesday 19 February 2008 19:13 : \____
> 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:
>>
>>
>>> 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.
--
~~ Best of wishes
"I feel we are much too smug in dealing with Novell. Perhaps they didn’t hurt
us in DOS yet — but it’s not because of product or their trying. It’s because
we already had the OEMs wrapped up."
--Jim Allchin, Microsoft
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