I don't see this as a big loss. As an tech who purchased Linux desktops from them and set them up for various departments, I can honestly say they weren't really serious about Linux support anyways. Half the machines came non-working out of the box, Dell didn't even support there Linux machines (they farmed it out), and when you go to order a Linux machine they had a link to there Windows XP upgrade service. So all and all I don't think they were ever serious about Linux.
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I don't see this as a big loss. As an tech who purchased Linux desktops from them and set them up for various departments, I can honestly say they weren't really serious about Linux support anyways. Half the machines came non-working out of the box, Dell didn't even support there Linux machines (they farmed it out), and when you go to order a Linux machine they had a link to there Windows XP upgrade service. So all and all I don't think they were ever serious about Linux.