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Why Won't Dell Promote Its Linux Desktops?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the soemthing-to-think-about dept.

Brian McCoy writes "In this article, Steven Vaughn-Nichols proclaims "Last Thursday, when I wrote about Dell's new Linux desktop, was one of the most frustrating days of my professional life. My eWEEK colleague John Spooner and I tried our best to get Dell to confess that they really had released an honest-to-God Linux desktop.""

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  1. Re:Support by Gammage · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I do not think this is an issue. Dell makes a ridiculous amount of margin off of its service. Component manufacturers have 3 years on their parts and the representatives that do the troubleshooting are all in India. Dell is an imatator. They will wait until a competator will pave the road for new technology then do the same thing cheaper. So, marketing a product that isn't proven on the grand-scale already will never happen as long as Dell has the business plan that they do.