__/ [ The Ghost In The Machine ] on Tuesday 08 May 2007 16:40 \__
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote
> on Tue, 08 May 2007 02:20:41 +0100
> <1801064.Et0dc7vdks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> __/ [ [H]omer ] on Monday 07 May 2007 17:27 \__
>>
>>> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>>>
>>>> I wonder if they'll deliver it with the brown/orange theme or choose
>>>> something which more people perceive as 'enterprise level', whatever
>>>> that is.
>>>
>>> Dunno about the Desktop, but here's the case:
>>>
>>> http://media.slated.org/albums/userpics/Ubuntu_Dell_XPS.png
>>
>> http://schestowitz.com/Amusement/images/dell-linux.jpg
>>
>
> <strange voice> I see live penguins....</strange voice>
>
> :-)
>
> Interestingly, I *am* seeing Dell selling Novell SuSE Linux
> Enterprise Server, Red Hat software server packages, and
> Intel compilers for Linux, when searching Dell for "Linux".
> Unfortunately, the first thing I see when searching for
> "Linux notebooks" are ... laser printers? (Well, OK, so
> I could fill my notebooks with pages printed from these,
> so in a way, that might work...)
>
> If I search for "Linux desktops", I get a Dell Precision
> 490 multi-core Intel Xeon unit with ... Genuine Windows
> Vista or XP? Choosing it eventually leads me to a config
> screen with a single choice for Operating System (Win XP
> Professional SP2 w/media) plus a "Help Me Choose" link
> which is a short blurb on why one needs an OS (short and
> sweet: to run application programs and provide support
> for managing/sharing data and peripherals), plus a mildly
> amusing suggestion that this particular unit offers Vista
> -- when it doesn't.
>
> Hello, disconnect? Clue phone, line two.
>
> (Depends on where I click, as well. Maybe they've got
> excess XP units. I clicked on the computer/monitor's
> picture, but one can also click on the big green "Customize
> with WinXP" or "Customize with WinVista" buttons.)
>
> <voice mode="Desi">Lucy, you've got some 'splaining to do!</voice>
>
> :-)
Advertising is a funny topic. Just days ago:
Dell To Fix Misleading Advertising Links
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| In some Google searches for Linux computers, Dell advertisements have
| cropped up in the advertising links, leading unsuspecting users to
| Windows-only computers at Dell's website. After initially being
| ignored, LXer finally gets a response from Dell.
`----
http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/86591/index.html
This one is older:
Google starts running Dell Linux Desktop ads
,----[ Quote ]
| While working on my personal blog site, which happens to have Google
| Adsense ads running on it, I was surprised to find Google ads for
| Linux-powered Dell desktops showing up.
`----
http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS6557150707.html
+1 for poetic merits! Sorry I don't reply so often...
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