Is Dell Just Testing the Market?

Posted by Cliff on Tuesday July 13, 2004 @02:25AM from the sneaking-thru-the-back-door dept.

sarig_magik asks: "It seems that Dell is testing the Linux desktop market worldwide, and their choice of desktop is Linspire 4.51. I wonder how Microsoft will view Dell, now? Could this be a real attempt to gain a foothold before any of the other distributors do? We know the hardware vendor, but can anyone comment on the choice of OS?" Although Dell is offering a system with a preloaded Linux Desktop, they aren't doing it here in the US, but through their Italian partner, Questar. While the choice of Linspire as a desktop may leave a few of you underwhelmed, this does seem to be a step in the right direction. Is Dell testing the market? Of course they are. How well do you think they will do?

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Re:Cornering the market by calcfreak · 2004-07-13 03:13 · Score: 0, Flamebait

First, you should stop flaming and trolling, and realize that probaly over half of the /. community uses linux. Second, Microsoft has so many patches that if Windows was a shirt. it would look like a beggers shirt. Last time I checked, Microsofts sales and profites have been going down. Yes fellow /.ers, I shouldnt have tooken the bait, but I couldnt resist =(.