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Re: Is Dell Embarrassed About Linux?

  • Subject: Re: Is Dell Embarrassed About Linux?
  • From: Vinella <nowhere@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 17:33:17 -0600
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
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On Tue, 28 Feb 2006 04:36:07 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:

> Apparently not, but...
> 
> http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS7763046071.html
> 
> <quote>
> Didn't Michael Dell himself invest almost a $100 million in Red Hat? Why,
> yes, yes he did.

Dell cares about making money.  No more no less.  If Michael decided that
he could make more money by delivering CP/M on the machines instead of
Windows, we would all be buying new manuals today.

I don't much like Dell machines, with their constant drive to cheaper and
cheaper pricing, with a corresponding dive in quality, but I can't blame
him for maximizing his return on investment.  I would do the same thing in
his place. 

Vin

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