Mr. Reed, I do not work for Dell what-so-ever ..., But I am interested in expanding the use of Linux/Unix for whomever ... It took M$ until late in Vista's development to finally provide what they state as a better scripting environment than any Linux/Unix Shell environment. I still believe that POSIX Shell environments are stronger than M$'s PowerShell, and that they document their environment a whole lot better than M$ ...
You do not see very many, if any at all, major Vendors supporting the selling of Linux/Unix as an SKU item on their equipment at their sites. So with Dell at least coming back and offering Linux/Unix, I say Yeah ! Let me ask, why have not more system integrators and/or resellers supported selling systems (other than servers) for the desktop/laptop average market ? I would be interested in your take on this question in another thread, if you wish. Regards, Harvey Rothenberg "Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards." -- Unknown --- On Fri, 7/6/12, Tracy Reed <[email protected]> wrote: From: Tracy Reed <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [lopsa-discuss] Update : Developers you can Get a Dell XPS 13 ultrabook with Ubuntu Linux .. To: "Harvey Rothenberg" <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Date: Friday, July 6, 2012, 4:08 PM On Fri, Jul 06, 2012 at 12:24:57PM PDT, Harvey Rothenberg spake thusly: > When the XPS13 launched we realized that we found the perfect platform to > start > with and when Dell’s incubation program was announced we knew I had the > vehicle > to get the effort kick started. Do you work for Dell or did you copy and paste this from somewhere? This link: > http://content.dell.com/us/en/enterprise/d/campaigns/sputnik.aspx Says: Ways to explore Sputnik Build it Purchase a Dell XPS 13 Ultrabook (which comes with Microsoft® Windows® preloaded) and download the Ubuntu image and drivers from the website of our partner Canonical. HUH?! Comes with Windows preloaded? So you still pay the MS tax knowing that you are going to reinstall anyway? While I'm not a huge fan of Dell I really would like to support them when they actually do good things but this is a head-scratcher. -- Tracy Reed
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