Re: Woohooo! Dell + Linux
On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 09:42:21 -0500
Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
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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
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> >>> *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.
Yes. Another post in this thread made a good point, that a major
benefit of this could be the effort to promote hardware compatibility
and the development of (free) drivers.
Celejar
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