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Dell Says High Linux Netbook Returns a "Non-Issue"
Michiel Roos notes that at this week's OpenSource World, a Dell executive deflated Microsoft's claims that Linux notebooks have return rates four or five times higher than Windows machines. "Todd Finch, Dell senior product marketing manager, said the number of Linux returns are approximately the same as those for Windows netbooks. He categorized the matter of returns as a 'non-issue.' 'They are making something of nothing,' he said of Microsoft's claims."
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He categorized the matter of returns as a "non-issue".
"They are making something of nothing," he said of Microsoft's claims.
It's a non-issue. Obviously, they are the same rate per sale, which is the only one that wouldn't matter. Read the rest of TFA, too, and you'll understand that Finch was speaking at OpenSource World and trying to combat Microsoft's claim that Linux return rates were four to five times higher.
Oh, and please stop posting in a mono font (I assume you're using <tt> tags).
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Here. Let me RTFA for you:
Where consumers have returned machines, Finch said, it wasn't because of technical problems but because they'd bought a low-priced machine expecting Windows and opened it to find a different interface.
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