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> Mark Kent wrote:
>
>> 7 <website_has_email@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dell accounting probe finds possible 'misconduct'
>>>>
>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>> | Last year analyst firm Friedman Billings Ramsey criticized the
>>>> | way Dell accounted for warranties, saying the company used an
>>>> | "unusual" method for accounting for the money it takes in from
>>>> | warranty sales and the money it reserves to handle expected
>>>> | warranty claims.
>>>> `----
>>>>
>>>> http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9584_22-6171818.html
>>>>
>>>> Let's hope they don't spoil the reputation of GNU/Linux through
>>>> association.
>>>
>>>
>>> This is all a nightmare indicating dell$ is losing money
>>> head over tails and they are just sucking money out of
>>> every customer and contract to keep itself afloat.
>>
>> Interesting you mention this. I was considering whether the recent
>> moves by Dell to offer Linux machines might not be more of a sign of
>> board in panic than a realistic strategy. It takes time to a presence
>> in a new market, and I do not know if Dell have enough. Worse, initial
>> forays into new markets are often not particularly successful, as there
>> is so much new work to learn about, and so many new mistakes to make.
>> Dell could argue that they've been offering linux in China
>
> Its simply not value for money to buy a dell$ machine in china
> because local and taiwan produced machines are immensely
> better value for money.
> For dell$ to be selling in china represents the last drop
> of blood it can drain from china.
>
>
>> for some
>> time, and could perhaps learn from that, but internal corporate politics
>> usually prevents the best lessons from striking home.
>>
>> I'm in two minds as to whether Dell will be a huge linux retailer in
>> about 5 years, or just a fading memory.
>
> eSys still supplying Linux PCs (if you can get hold of them) for 127 pounds
> at www.ebuyer.com (2.5GHz, 80Gb machines).
> I've been using them for years without a problem.
> That being a profitable sell for eSys and ebuyer for years
> indicates how far the prices have to go down for dell$ inefficiently
> produced PC.
http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/120278
17 reviews, 5 stars. Mine has been running for a year and a half without any
hardware or software issues. Running 24/7...
I paid a little more at the time and got a weaker CPU... also a 40-gig
hard-drive, which is fine as long as you buy a large external hard-drive,
which plugs in via USB and works out of the box (no need for the silly
drivers CD that Windows apparently requires).
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