Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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> Dell?s Linux Ads: Microsoft?s Nightmare Before Christmas?
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> | For at least the third time in recent weeks, prominent Dell newspaper
> | advertisements feature the Inspiron Mini 9 Netbook running Canonical?s
> | Ubuntu 8.04 (that?s a small Linux notebook, folks). The VAR Guy hears
> | Microsoft ?has gone postal? over the Linux notebook ads.
Now is the time to archive all your e-mails and tape all your phone
calls with micoshaft sales staff and directors.
Its important that these BSD Pirates ;) are brought to justice
when they do wrong. Micoshaft is already under the hammer in
courts around the world for precisely this sort of thing
of bullying small firms. Make sure they don't get away with it.
> You might even
> | say this is Microsoft?s nightmare before Christmas. Here?s the complete
> | scoop.
> |
> | [...]
> |
> | At $349, Dell?s low-cost Ubuntu Linux system is ?giving Microsoft fits,?
> | according to one source familiar with the Microsoft-Dell relationship.
> | ?It?s one thing to have Dell ship Linux to consumers,? said the source.
> | ?It?s quite another to have Dell advertising Linux to millions of
> | consumers in a Sunday newspaper heading into the holiday season.?
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> http://www.thevarguy.com/2008/11/17
dell-continues-newspaper-ads-for-ubuntu-linux-laptop/
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> Recent:
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> You Don't Make Mistakes Like This.
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> | Dell screwed up. No wait...they didn't screw anything up. They fully
> | intended to do what they did. Now tell me they are not under the thumb
> | of Microsoft. Why was this statement necessary? Let the customer decide.
> | So tell me Dell is a friend of Linux or that they are not complete
> | quislings for the Redmond Empire. Oh please...I do so want to hear you
> | tell me this. It will be an Academy Award performance. It will have to
> | be to explain away this.
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> http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/2008/10
you-dont-make-mistakes-like-this.html
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> Dell first ad - All About Ubuntu Linux
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> | If this an Dell / Enfatico spot? we take back all the slams we had to
> | the advertising agency prior? It?s about Linux! Whoo hoo!!
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> http://www.tribbleagency.com/?p=2827
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> Dell Launches Consumer Advertising for Ubuntu Linux PCs
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> | It?s one small step for Dell and consumer Linux ? and one giant leap for
> | Canonical?s Ubuntu Linux efforts. Specifically, Dell is spending
> | advertising dollars to promote PCs with Ubuntu Linux preinstalled. The
> | move has significant implications for the business world as well. Here?s
> | why.
> |
> | First, some details about the advertisement. Many many U.S. newspapers
> | on Sunday, October 12, included a multi-page Dell flier. Among the many
> | products advertised was the Dell Inspiron Mini 9, a low-cost
> | sub-notebook designed for email and Web browsing.
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> http://www.thevarguy.com/2008/10/13
dell-launches-consumer-advertising-for-ubuntu-linux-pcs/
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> Related:
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> Google starts running Dell Linux Desktop ads
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> | While working on my personal blog site, which happens to have Google
> | Adsense ads running on it, I was surprised to find Google ads for
> | Linux-powered Dell desktops showing up.
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> http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS6557150707.html
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