____/ Matt on Thursday 01 May 2008 11:07 : \____
> Mark Kent wrote:
>> Matt <matt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>> ____/ Matt on Wednesday 16 April 2008 17:40 : \____
>>>>
>>>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>>>> A year later, sales of Linux on Dell computers continue to grow
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>>>> | Sales figures not released, but program is thriving, Dell says
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>>>>
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9077678&intsrc=hm_list
>>>>> Also at that link:
>>>>> (((((
>>>>>> Consumer-focused ads featuring Linux on Dell could appear at some point,
>>>>>> Ray said, but it's not critical to the company. "I think that will occur
>>>>>> when there's a reason for that to occur," he said. "We would like to get
>>>>>> to a place where to some degree, it really doesn't matter" to consumers
>>>>>> which operating system is on the machines.
>>>>>> The company has employees who monitor a wide variety of blogs, looking
>>>>>> for discussions involving consumers who are seeking information on
>>>>>> Linux, laptops and desktops, Camden said. The employees identify
>>>>>> themselves and post replies pointing people to Dell and its Linux
>>>>>> offerings. "They evangelize it on that kind of level," she said.
>>>>> )))))
>>>>>
>>>>> It is a good idea that Dell doesn't stick Linux computers in the faces
>>>>> of people who don't know Linux from Windows, as Everex did in Walmart
>>>>> stores.
>>>>>
>>>>> The "doesn't matter" condition is realized by people building more and
>>>>> better cross-platform apps.
>>>> Some people buy the Windows models just to install Linux on them (or dual
>>>> boot) by their own admission. Dell ought to fix the pricing anomaly
>>>> because the Windows-loaded PCs are often cheaper, which encourages
>>>> Linux-using people to buy PCs with Windows (to be immediately purged).
>>> Absolutely if the Linux version and the Windows version of the same
>>> model were the same price, I would buy the Windows version and make it
>>> dual boot, in case I might need Windows.
>>>
>>
>> But why would you need windows?
>
>
> What kind of bonehead question is that?
>
>
> < I personally think this is very broken
>> thinking, as it merely serves to maintain the proprietary lock-in
>> associated with the Windows platform in general.
>>
>> If they were the same price, I'd have the Linux version, myself. Aside
>> from anything else, can you afford to buy the anti-virus? Keep it up to
>> date? etc. etc.
>
>
> I believe you're one of the guys who said Linux has 17% of the market
> and growing to way more than that in 2008.
Where? On devices? It has more.
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