-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: RIPEMD160 John Little wrote: > Dell considers big change: offering Linux > PC maker says it received more than 100,000 customer requests for > Linux and may offer it as a Windows alternative. > > Dell is considering offering the Linux operating system as an > alternative to Microsoft's Windows on its personal computers, a Dell > spokesman said on Tuesday. > > The PC maker said it received more than 100,000 customer requests for > Linux in a "suggestion box" posted on Dell's Web site less than three > weeks ago. Will everyone please stop repeating whatever the media chooses to interpret and misinform us about ?
It's more like 100000 points from votes from anyone that could login to that site, not even actual paying customers. "Every time you vote, the score on the idea is bumped up by 10 points.", as stated at: http://www.dellideastorm.com/about We need to stop correlating the survey with their Novell announcement and remember this is a limited, corporate-market target, Novell-only-for-now deal. Good news, but certainly not "Any Linux on all Dells for eveyone, because of this single survey". Why ? Among other reasons, the seer size of Dell - but also pressure from MS I guess. Eric S Raymond provides some insight about Dell & Linux in his " World Domination 201" paper. I posted about this in the past few days here: http://www.salmar.com/pipermail/wftl-lug/2007-February/015369.html http://www.salmar.com/pipermail/wftl-lug/2007-February/015384.html Dell actually clarified all the hype later on: http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=linux_and_unix&articleId=9011907&taxonomyId=122&intsrc=kc_top And on the subject of Dell + Ubuntu, it's no secret there have been talks. And no, it's not *because* of the survey, although it is a small bit that will probable help, if only for all the media attention it's gotten. See: http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS3822185143.html Cheers, Fabian Rodriguez http://wiki.ubuntu.com/FabianRodriguez -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: PGP/Mime available upon request Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFF7yisfUcTXFrypNURAza/AKCTrREIUA70V3m8tTVOF3Ptavq04QCZAX6j pybKJAFPvm+XEMRuPUlS4aI= =O5wq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
