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Dell Protests 'Not Wintel's Lapdog'

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the doth-protest-too-much dept.

An anonymous reader writes "C|Net is reporting on a protestation by Dell's CTO, Kevin Kettler, who says quite loudly that they are not Microsoft and Intel's puppet." From the article: "Essentially, Kettler argued, Dell was responsible for selecting, if not necessarily developing, many of the technologies in today's desktop computers and servers. Among standards for which he said Dell deserves credit are 802.11 wireless networking, PCI Express communications technology and 64-bit extensions to Intel's x86 line of processors."

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  1. Uhhhh.... by LinuxGeek · · Score: 5, Funny

    Isn't this like Pinocchio claiming that he isn't Geppetto's puppet?

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    1. Re:Uhhhh.... by rblancarte · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yea, I gotta agree. This is funny.

      Dell, you don't use AMD chips because you are afraid of Intel.
      Dell, you don't sell Linux because you are affraid of MS.

      You, know they are right. They are not their puppet. They are their BITCH.

      RonB

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    2. Re:Uhhhh.... by jspoon · · Score: 2, Funny

      I've got no strings
      To hold me down
      To make me fret, or make me frown
      I had strings
      But now I'm free
      There are no strings on me

      -Michael Dell

    3. Re:Uhhhh.... by Fordiman · · Score: 3, Funny

      Hm. A "Linux Support Group", huh?

      "Hello, my name is David, and I'm... I'm a Linux user" *breaks down in sobs for a second*

      *wipes the tears*

      "I've been using Linux for over a decade now, and I just can't seem to quit permentantly. Every time I do, I just start getting a craving for the command line. I start greppin- I mean chewing at the end of my pencils, parsing perl scripts on paper, and even hand-compiling code to the x86.

      "I try to go clean, use Windows or OS X. I just can't take it. It's like, everything's too pretty, you know? I just crave the cold feeling of XFCE or Blackbox.

      "I've tried ways to ween myself... Topologilinux, coLinux... even VMWare... but nothing seems to work.

      *tearing up again*

      "Some of my friends - linux addicts as well - they tell me that I should realize that I just can't deal with an inferior system anymore. That I should accept that I simply should live that everyone else will experience the glory of blue screens of death, and just suffer with my nonlethal segmentation faults.

      "But I know better. I CAN be a conformist. Sometimes, I just want to be able shout it from the rooftops: 'WINDOWS! WINDOWS! WINDOWS! WINDOWS! WINDOWS! WINDOWS! WINDOWS! WINDOWS! WINDOWS!'"

      *coughs and splutters*

      -- "Steve B." at an Linux Addicts Anonymous meeting

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  2. Dell....developing? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Isn't that like MS innovating?

  3. Awwww. by Wellington+Grey · · Score: 5, Funny

    Of course you're not a wittle doggie woggie, are you Kettler whettler? Now who wants a treat? Who wants a treat? Good boy!

    -Grey

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  4. 64-Bit by LightningTH · · Score: 4, Funny

    "64-bit extensions to Intel's x86 line of processors", and here all this time I thought Intel ripped AMD's 64-bit spec for x86.

  5. The article went on to say... by wbren · · Score: 3, Funny

    Among standards for which he said Dell deserves credit are 802.11 wireless networking, PCI Express communications technology and 64-bit extensions to Intel's x86 line of processors.

    The article went on to say Dell deserves credit for developing the Internet, two-button mouse, and sliced bread.

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  6. Thank God for Instant Replay by djupedal · · Score: 4, Funny

    "We don't agree on that one, Dick - I'm sure no one here in the stadium does, so let's go up to the booth for a quick moment and see what Zandy, our replay commentator, has to say."

    "Well, Bob, we're seeing the same footage as the refs down on the field, and they seem to be simply making sure they all have the same opinion. Caution is good. Our view was blocked from up here, but on the tape, you can clearly see that Dell never had control of the ball, and there doesn't seem to be anyt...wait... - there's the ruling! No innovation by Dell! The refs are in complete agreement too - back to you Bob!"

  7. Re:WTF? by joe_bruin · · Score: 4, Funny

    I am not sure about this, but I think Al Gore did invent Internet.

    That's a common misconception. Al Gore is actually the inventor of the Algorithm. The Internet was invented by AOL.

  8. Re:Dell's losing it... by drinkypoo · · Score: 2, Funny

    And if you want service even worse than what you get from Dell, by all means, buy that Alienware. Hmm, and if you want service even worse than that, put XP on that MacBook and see what you get back...

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  9. Re:They're NOT claiming to have invented the tech. by jcr · · Score: 2, Funny

    They're claiming that by virtue of their throwing their weight behind a technology, they can be the catalyst to make standards actually be useful.

    Yeah, like the way that they drove adoption of USB, 802.11, Firewire, ZeroConf, and EFI!

    Oh, wait...

    -jcr

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  10. Re:Replying to an AC comment about my sig by Ohreally_factor · · Score: 2, Funny

    Man did not evolve wearing pants. The foreskin ceased to offer protection and became a liability after humankind decided to clothe itself

    I think it was the invention of the zipper that made the foreskin a real liability.

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