Andrew Cady wrote:
<snip> (If you're thinking that just because Dell can't switch to Linux they have no power, consider that they *could* start shipping PCs with Firefox, or servers optionally with Linux, or PCs without OSes).
I am very certain that Dell does sell servers that optionally have Linux, and even says this on their website.
This is on: http://www1.ap.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/pedge_sc1425_au?c=au&l=en&s=lca
# To ease purchasing and deployment, Dell offers validated, configured & supported */SC/*1425 cluster bundles (8, 16, 32, 64, 128 and 256 nodes). # The bundles are built on Linux^® RHEL 3 ES/WS and are offered with four different interconnects: Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet^1 , Myrinet and Infiniband.
That is definetly Linux.