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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. 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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  3. 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.

  4. 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!"

  5. 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.