Vista - Dell to Sell Linux PCs

Lang Murphy wrote:
> So... if I'm reading this right (and lord knows there's a small chance
> of that happening...)
>
> You're saying Novell asked MS to "ask" Dell to sell SuSE? If that's
> true... hahaha! Hard to believe any company could coerce MS into
> endorsing any flavor of Linux. And... truth is stranger than fiction. Or
> so some say...
>
> Lang

More like they chose Novell so as to not anger Microsoft.

Alias

Alias wrote:
> Lang Murphy wrote:
>> So... if I'm reading this right (and lord knows there's a small chance
>> of that happening...)
>>
>> You're saying Novell asked MS to "ask" Dell to sell SuSE? If that's
>> true... hahaha! Hard to believe any company could coerce MS into
>> endorsing any flavor of Linux. And... truth is stranger than fiction.
>> Or so some say...
>>
>> Lang
>
> More like they chose Novell so as to not anger Microsoft.
>
> Alias

Just remember that under the Novell/MS deal, MS can both license and
support Suse. This means MS makes money off of Suse being sold on more
computers. It doesn't matter who asked who to do what. It's all too
convenient for MS.

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In article <uu6dnZGkxKDtW3jYnZ2dnUVZ8tLinZ2d@giganews.com>, Stephan
Rose says...

> Not all that true. I got excellent help when I started working with Kubuntu.
> Not a single person told me to bugger off.
>
The UBUNTU forums are THE ONLY place I've ever seen that happen, mainly
because of the moderation early on. Post on a Linux newsgroup and see
what you get.


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Conor wrote:

> In article <uu6dnZGkxKDtW3jYnZ2dnUVZ8tLinZ2d@giganews.com>, Stephan
> Rose says...
>
>> Not all that true. I got excellent help when I started working with
>> Kubuntu. Not a single person told me to bugger off.
>>
> The UBUNTU forums are THE ONLY place I've ever seen that happen, mainly
> because of the moderation early on. Post on a Linux newsgroup and see
> what you get.

I did post on a linux newsgroups. =) Never been on any Ubuntu Forum.

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In message <igJEh.19181$gl2.4321@fe10.news.easynews.com> Charlie Wilkes
<charlie_wilkes@users.easynews.com> wrote:

>"Something in the balance of power between the world's largest PC vendor
>and the crew in Redmond has shifted, and not in Redmond's favor. You can
>bet money on that."
>
>http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,12...x/article.html

About damn time too -- I much prefer Microsoft OS', but since I have all
the licenses I need, I very much do *not* want to pay for another
license just to not use it.

I'd rather just buy a bare machine, but if they want to preinstall
something else I won't use, I'm fine with that as long as I don't pay
for it. As it is, I build my own machines to avoid paying the premium,
so Dell loses by default.

(In my case, I have an Action Pack, which provides me with more then
enough licenses of everything Microsoft for my needs)
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