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Is Dell Just Testing the Market?
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?
They need to get back on track and help contribute to that 1 billion windows installs. We'll never make that 2010 deadline if they keep this shit up....
"All great things are simple & expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope." --Churchill
Dell: We've begun offering Linux as another desktop OS.
MSFT: We know you've been dealing with this--Open Source--for some time now. We're willing to give you a clean slate, a 75% discount on Windows, if you help us bring a known danger to the software industry to its knees.
Dell: Well, that sounds like a pretty good deal. But I think I've got a better one. How about: you give us the discount, and we keep selling Linux computers. {flips off the MS rep}
MSFT: What good is a Linux computer--if you are unable to sell Windows?
Dell: {Picks up phone} Hello, Department of Justice?
DoJ: Yeah, we know all about it. We're sending Donald Rumsfeld, and he's bringing his Sodomy Bat of Justice.