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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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