Shuttleworth Tells Linux Users to Stop Being So Fussy For OEMs

Anonymous writes "Mark Shuttleworth says Linux users may need to stop being so fussy when putting demands on OEMs for pre-installed Linux PCs. CRN finds a response to Shuttleworth that seems to be both amusing and telling at the same time."

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For Linux, read Vista

[Rogerborg]

The worst-case scenario is a customer who buys a computer at the lowest price off your website, assuming it's a Windows machine, and then calls, infuriated, because it "won't work with the game they are trying to install".

And that's different from the problem with selling Vista boxen because...?

Re:Yeah, and that's wrong. This game is almost ove

[dedazo]

The price that a company like Dell gets on an OEM version of Windows XP Home is about $38. For smaller OEMs it's about $43-45. XP Pro must be around ten dollars over that (which is why I HATE IT when they charge almost $100 to upgrade, but that's hardly Microsoft's fault). Vista pushed up the OEM license prices by about three to five dollars for the XP equivalents, and possibly more for things like the Ultimate version (but probably didn't break the $55 barrier).

In short, nothing that would justify twitter's claim that a PC that goes for $400 should go for $200 because of "M$" or whatever.

OT, I don't know what Microsoft charges for OEM licenses over there (Denmark?), but I hope it's a hell of a lot more, because the people who run the EU are a bunch of lawless protectionist sucktards that think it's double plus OK to nail Microsoft with petty demands using stupid claims of "unfair competition" by Real, who could not compete with WMP (bad as WMP is) if their life depended on it with their horrible cuasi-spyware "products" that no one in their right mind would use unless they're forced-bundled with new boxes.

Nothing personal =)

Re:Yeah, and that's wrong. This game is almost ove

[dedazo]

Oh, I guess this is what got me modded down:

OT, I don't know what Microsoft charges for OEM licenses over there (Denmark?), but I hope it's a hell of a lot more, because the people who run the EU are a bunch of lawless protectionist sucktards that think it's double plus OK to nail Microsoft with petty demands using stupid claims of "unfair competition" by Real, who could not compete with WMP (bad as WMP is) if their life depended on it with their horrible cuasi-spyware "products" that no one in their right mind would use unless they're forced-bundled with new boxes.

Damn, I must remember to do the slashbot thing. OK:

M$ Winblows (WIndoze!!) is teh suxx and Linux roolz!!1! Bwah, bwah, why can't Dell$ and every other company give me what I want?? Bwah, bwah.

My most sincere apologies to the drooling calf that wasted his mod points on me. Won't happen again.