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Re: [PLUG] Dell and Linux
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On Sunday 11 July 2004 09:22, Paul wrote:
| You make it sound like M$ can't handle competition...the right way. So
| many people I know are like software Lemmings. I don't think M$ has
| much to worry about when it comes to desktops...for now.
Well, there are places in the world where people are more tech-savvy in
general than America (Germany, for instance) ;-) As well, M$ has everything
to worry about in that area (even if the worries are in fact unfounded) since
the desktop is the only thing that shows a profit for them.
As far as M$ not being able to handle the competition, well, their track
record speaks for me in that area. All I really wanted to say was that M$ has
been known to hold out licenses and price breaks from OEMs that were selling
other OSs (e.g. Linux) and some contracts specifically state that in order to
get the "deal" they are getting, they cannot sell any other OSs on the same
hardware. IMO, Dell cried foul on the press release b/c they didn't know it
was going to get that much press and didn't want to run afoul of M$'s "good
graces".
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Tobias DiPasquale
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