Re: Woohooo! Dell + Linux
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On 03/29/07 09:26, Celejar wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 09:20:23 -0500
> Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
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>> On 03/29/07 08:55, Paul Walsh wrote:
>>> Passed to me by a colleague:
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>>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6506027.stm
>>>
>>> *grin*
>> There will be a limited number of models and they'll be more
>> expensive (if for no other reason than companies like Symantec can't
>> sell ad space on a Linux desktop).
>>
>> Thus, sales will be low and Dell will be justified in considering
>> the project a failure.
>>
>> In /. terms, itsatrap.
>
> That's what I never get about this whole business; I want them to do
> linux to *lower* the cost by the cost of the windows license. I suppose
> they're targeting people who want the convenience, not the cost saving.
> I'd actually rather do the install myself, to customize it properly, so
> I suppose what I really want is a no OS box, cheaper by the cost of a
> Windows license from the equivalent Windows one.
But not subsidized by advertising space sold to other companies.
> I believe that they
> offered no OS boxes (with FreeDos, IIRC) at least at one point, but I
> don't think they were cheaper than the Windows ones.
>
> Celejar
>
>
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
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