Matt <matt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> ____/ Matt on Wednesday 16 April 2008 17:40 : \____
>>
>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>> A year later, sales of Linux on Dell computers continue to grow
>>>>
>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>> | Sales figures not released, but program is thriving, Dell says
>>>> `----
>>>>
>>>>
>> http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9077678&intsrc=hm_list
>>>
>>> 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.
>>> )))))
>>>
>>> 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).
>
> Absolutely if the Linux version and the Windows version of the same
> model were the same price, I would buy the Windows version and make it
> dual boot, in case I might need Windows.
>
But why would you need windows? I personally think this is very broken
thinking, as it merely serves to maintain the proprietary lock-in
associated with the Windows platform in general.
If they were the same price, I'd have the Linux version, myself. Aside
from anything else, can you afford to buy the anti-virus? Keep it up to
date? etc. etc.
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