____/ Matt on Wednesday 16 April 2008 17:40 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> 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
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> Also at that link:
> (((((
>> Consumer-focused ads featuring Linux on Dell could appear at some point, Ray
>> said, but it's not critical to the company. "I think that will occur when
>> there's a reason for that to occur," he said. "We would like to get to a
>> place where to some degree, it really doesn't matter" to consumers which
>> operating system is on the machines.
>
>> The company has employees who monitor a wide variety of blogs, looking for
>> discussions involving consumers who are seeking information on Linux,
>> laptops and desktops, Camden said. The employees identify themselves and
>> post replies pointing people to Dell and its Linux offerings. "They
>> evangelize it on that kind of level," she said.
> )))))
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> It is a good idea that Dell doesn't stick Linux computers in the faces
> of people who don't know Linux from Windows, as Everex did in Walmart
> stores.
>
> The "doesn't matter" condition is realized by people building more and
> better cross-platform apps.
Some people buy the Windows models just to install Linux on them (or dual boot)
by their own admission. Dell ought to fix the pricing anomaly because the
Windows-loaded PCs are often cheaper, which encourages Linux-using people to
buy PCs with Windows (to be immediately purged).
Anyway, in case Dell wants to boost Linux /sales/ (not just number of Linux
installations on Dell boxes), pricing needs to be resolved. They undercount
the number of Dell buyers that are Linux bound.
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