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> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> Did Microsoft Pressure Dell to Change Ubuntu Linux Statement?
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>> | The VAR Guy saw this coming. On June 10, The
>> | VAR Guy was first to report Dell considered
>> | Ubuntu Linux safer than Windows. But now, Dell
>> | has apparently updated its web site to
>> | remove/alter that statement. Linux conspiracy
>> | theorists think Microsoft pressured Dell to
>> | make the change. Is that really the case?
>> |
>> | Frankly, The VAR Guy doesnât know for sure. Our
>> | resident blogger has requests for comment out
>> | to Dell, Microsoft and Canonical â promoter of
>> | Ubuntu Linux.
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>> http://www.thevarguy.com/2010/06/17/did-microsoft-pressure-dell-to-change-
> ubuntu-linux-statement/
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> Obviously some of the Del management members are still bum boyees
> to micoshaft and will do anything on behalf of micoshaft crocporation.
> They even go around telling Linux management how they should be selling
> Linux. The only thing wrong with this picture is that those doing
> the telling are those that lost Del all their business in the first place.
>
> So now Del shareholders can expect to be told by the Linux management
> team that their hands were tied by senior executives when performance
> figures comes out for the company as a whole showing another big
> drop in windump sales that is dragging the company under.
It seems like Dell is preparing to sell Linux on more devices soon. Microsoft plays with fire
by alienating Dell.
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