Re: [Hampshire] The thin end of the wedge - Dell to sell Lin…

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Author: Adam Trickett
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Subject: Re: [Hampshire] The thin end of the wedge - Dell to sell Linux PC's - was: wonders never cease

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On Monday 26 February 2007 20:02, Jack Knight wrote:
> Dell to sell Linux PC's
>
> http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/9951/53/
>
> Read it and weep - for Gates, Ballmer et al. Viva la revolution.


They have been selling them for a while, indeed Re Hat's UK offices are full
of them. Even Dell admit that probably 50% of all their servers run Linux...

However, I think moving to selling naked PCs or Linux pre-installed without
paying more than the corresponding Windows version would be a SIGNIFICANT
breakthrough.

--
Adam Trickett
Overton, HANTS, UK

Men who have excessive faith in their theories or ideas
are not only ill prepared for making discoveries, they
also make poor observations.
    -- Claude Bernard