On Fri, 2007-03-09 at 12:55 -0500, Lars D. Noodén wrote: > On Fri, 9 Mar 2007, Ian Lynch wrote: > > You think? I bet Dell have people who know exactly what the benefits of > > open formats are and to whom. Question is more what is in Dell's > > interest? ... > > Establishing more partnerships with the Free and Open Source projects, and > even open standards projects, could quite well generate more revenue for > Dell then being on Bill's leash even did. Who knows? It for them to > decide, the best we can do is approach them.
That is the point. Its worth trying to persuade them and it should get easier over time but we don't really know what they perceive are their potential losses. > If even people like Jorma Ollila of Nokia are pounding the drum for open > standards, you know there has been a sea change at the top levels of > international business. It might be time for Dell to get in on that. Could well be and it will probably happen at some point so worth trying now. > > ... How do we know that Dell doesn't get Windows say $30 less than > > competitors as long as they install Works or don't install competing > > products? ... > > IIRC that was nixed in the 1990's. From what I understand, the way > around that is to form an 'advertising partnership' > > > ... On the face of it, its difficult to see why they would not install > > OOo instead of Works since Works is inferior in just about every respect > > and less compatible with MSO than OOo. Since they don't install OOo > > already, its likely that there are other factors in play such as MS > > subsidies ... > > If no other progress is made, getting that data into the daylight would be > an enormous advantage. Yes, indeed. Ian -- www.theINGOTS.org www.schoolforge.org.uk www.opendocumentfellowship.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
