Hope this succeeds and will not be the same ditch which Red Hat fell into. Tthere are some skepticism about this deal and it's going to make or break the possible mainstream breakthrough of Ubuntu as a viable desktop platform for the common user. From Dell's point of view, it's all about the money and not advocacy of free/open-source software.
http://www.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2007-05-04-024-26-OP-SW On 5/2/07, Daniel Escasa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/05/01/1333205 That will include desktop and notebook PCs, although Dell didn't mention specific models. Buyers can purchase support from Canonical. Let's hope that Canonical is up to snuff. Hmm, maybe they want to oursouce to an RP call center? <g> -- Daniel O. Escasa independent IT consultant and writer contributor, Free Software Magazine (http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com) personal blog at http://descasa.i.ph _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
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