A year later, sales of Linux on Dell computers continue to grow
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| Sales figures not released, but program is thriving, Dell says
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9077678&intsrc=hm_list
Recent:
Linux faithful see ray of light shining on client OS
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| “There is a huge market of people who can start out with Linux [and you don’t
| have to try] to get them to switch from Windows,” says John Hull, manager of
| the Linux engineering team at Dell. “And a lot of the opportunity is going to
| be in developing markets.”
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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/041008-linux.html
Report: Dell to release a low-cost minilaptop
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| You didn't expect Dell to sit idly by while Asus, Intel, and Hewlett-Packard
| went flitting about town with their trendy low-cost, low-power minilaptops,
| did you? Paris Hilton isn't the only celebrity to tote a Chihuahua, after
| all. According to Taiwanese manufacturer Compal Electronics, Dell will soon
| enter the minilaptop fray.
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http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9915094-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
Dell giving the shaft to open source ubuntu customers?
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| Seems that with FreeDOS I could get a processor with a (relatively) whopping
| 4MB L2 cache, 2.33GHz clock speed and 1333 front side bus. I could also get a
| significantly larger hard disk of 500GB. These improvements would cost a mere
| $170 extra, not bad.
|
| Now, there were some other differences between the setups so we’re not really
| comparing apples to apples. For example, the ubuntu PC had an option for a
| firewire port (IEEE adapter) whereas the FreeDOS option did not. But then,
| the FreeDOS had an option for a dial-up modem which the ubuntu PC did not
| have. Other than that the systems were almost identical. They have the same
| capacity for an nVidia GeForce 8600-DDR3 256MB video card which is
| respectable for a non-gaming PC and consequently one of the more important
| factors to consider when using ubuntu since ATI graphics cards are notorious
| for having problems with ubuntu.
|
| Still, the trend is clear, Dell offers FreeDOS PCs better hardware upgrade
| options. In the end I opted for the FreeDOS computer simply because it comes
| with beefier hardware. I can install ubuntu by myself; I actually prefer it
| that way.
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http://openswitch.org/journal/dell-giving-the-shaft-to-open-source-ubuntu-customers
Related:
At Dell, Windows XP Home is $19 less than worthless
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| Latitude D520N Duo (with FreeDOS): $984
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| Latitude D520 Dual Core (with Windows XP Home Edition SP2): $965
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http://danpritchard.com/blog/2007/02/21/dell-winxphome-19-less-than-worthless/
Microsoft Shuts Down Linux 10 Years Ago Says Iowa Attorne
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| Going back now to as early as 1998, Microsoft starts to realize that
| Linux might pose a possible threat, and Vinod Valloppillil, who is
| a program manager at Microsoft, is asked by Mr. Allchin, Jim Allchin,
| to analyze potential strategies for combatting open-source software,
| and specifically Linux.
| His memos are leaked to the press in April -- I beg your pardon --
| in October of 1998 and become known as the Halloween documents.
| And the evidence will be that Microsoft uses its influence in the
| OEM channel, the computer manufacture channel, to make sure that
| end users have a difficult time buying PCs with Linux preinstalled.
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http://www.linuxelectrons.com/News/RoundUp/Microsoft_Shuts_Down_Linux_10_Years_Ago_Says_Iowa_Attorney
Microsoft's Dirty OEM-Secret
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| They are, in short the secret to Microsoft's success. And the word
| secret is to be taken quite literally: No OEM may talk about the
| contents of his contract, or he will lose his license, and (assumption)
| likely be sued for breach of contract as well.
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http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2001/10/23/13219/110
Jury Hears Microsoft Competition Suit
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| A judge on Friday told jurors they must accept as fact that a
| federal court found in 1999 that Microsoft holds a monopoly over
| computer operating systems and that it restricted computer
| manufacturers' ability to use competing systems.
|
| [...]
|
| She said she'll show that the company used its monopoly power
| to exclude competition and control prices and that it conspired with
| other companies to restrain trade, maintaining what she called a
| chokehold on software competitors and computer manufacturers.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/061201/microsoft_trial.html?.v=1
Did Microsoft want to 'whack' Dell over its Linux dealings?
http://news.com.com/Did+Microsoft+want+to+whack+Dell+over+its+Linux+dealings/2100-1014_3-6153904.html
Dell's secret Linux fling [sabotaged by Microsoft]
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/09/dell_linux_china/
Microsoft 'killed Dell Linux' - States
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/03/19/microsoft_killed_dell_linux_states/
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