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Helping Dell To Help Open Source

Posted by kdawson on from the skunkworks dept.

Glyn Moody writes "Dell's IdeaStorm is turning into a fiasco — for Dell, and for open source as well. Instead of just shouting at the company to sell pre-installed GNU/Linux systems, how about helping them find a way to do it? Here's a suggestion that I've posted on the IdeaStorm site: that Dell set up an independent business unit for GNU/Linux systems, just like The Innovator's Dilemma tells us to do when faced with a disruptive technology."

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  1. Re:Why does it have to be Dell? by Colin+Smith · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You're aware that Dell is a "box shifter"? Their support is ... basic ...

    A pc is collection of commodity hardware components, Dell buy them from the same place as everyone else. Really the only reason to buy Dell is price, and others can do them for about the same, and provide more personal support too.

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  2. Not Very Well Thought Out by pete-classic · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Why doesn't Dell [. . .] set up a completely autonomous division, dedicated solely to meeting the demand for such systems - one that is not obliged to follow any of Dell's traditional practices.


    This would no longer be "Dell" in any significant way. It'd be a beige-box vendor specializing in Linux systems. Doesn't that exist? What problem does that solve for Dell? What problem does that solve for Dell's customers?

    -Peter