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Its Official: Dell to offer Ubuntu Linux desktops and laptops | |
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| Time: 11:57 EST/16:57 GMT | News Source: *Linked Within Post* | Posted By: Andre Da Costa | ||
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In a joint statement released today, Dell Inc. and Canonical Ltd. announced that Dell will now offer laptops and desktop computers pre-installed with Ubuntu Linux 7.04. The computers will be sold via Dell's web site, said Canonical's director of operations Jane Silber. "We have worked with Dell to get Ubuntu fully supported and fully certified on Dell hardware," she said. "Ubuntu has the full endorsement of Dell." | ||
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| #26 By 12071 (203.185.215.144) at 5/2/2007 11:07:21 PM |
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#26 "Bill Gates gets it and has always gotten it!"
See, it's things like this that make you my favourite MS shill! Bill Gates really "got" the Internet in the 90's too huh! So much so he had to release a 2nd edition of his book just to get it back on line! |
| #27 By 23275 (24.179.4.158) at 5/3/2007 12:58:06 AM |
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Lord of Mercy... <this is going to be the week of southern phrases>
#27, Here's the drill... Microsoft didn't fail at squat - not any more than any other company did. The Internet - you may have read that history and some of us lived it and watched as leg after leg was cobbled together over many sloooooow decades throughout our defense and related industries. We all used to "poke" our own headers and station ID's - manually crafting what you'd call an email - assigning <drum roll> TAGS to enable man/machine readable formats. Thousands of people weighed in on how and when to release the technologies via the US National Science Foundation and the American President Bush [41] signed the legislation in October 1992. Microsoft was already there and working with and on technologies from the beginning. I know, I saw them with my own eyes - red guest badges and all and it was a pain - as it was whenever non-cleared people came to visit. Gates and Co. "KNEW" exactly what the potential was because unclassified versions of how the net was being used were formally briefed to them along with hundreds of others from the private sector. Defense contractors like Mitre Corp transformed [I knew those guys when they had one contract and were fewer than ten people]. Distributed applications and a GUI that still has yet to be surpassed were also shown. Dozens of companies were present and guys like Michael Dell personally sold systems to our Govt. So did companies like Toshiba, Siemens and NEC - they were all there. Of all those I saw, the Microsoft guys seemed to be a) the most respectful and b) the most insightful. The liberal know it alls from the west coast and north east were detested - they were rude, impatient and unkind. They were treated just as well as the nice guys and we drew solace by remaining patient and professional - we had briefings and classes on how to maintain our composure and to remind us of our duty and oaths. My personal role was very small - but no less carried some significance, because I was using the NET and its protocols opposite man packable SAT COM gear, luggable PC's that ran a tiny, CLI only OS and sending information and even videos decades before any of these were even thought of in the private sector. We had to hand build and maintain each of these and wrote our own code and made our own cables - often with no light and in the bush covering our heads with ponchos to conceal any light we'd have to use. The dang things had only 18 watts and used AM modulation with a hand held antenna - try holding that still while you try and get a splash back - the characteristic rush one hears - yes, hears - before you can send. Nah, #27, Mr. Gates didn't miss a single boat, or opportunity. Aside from all that little trip down memory lane - my post was about how consistent Mr. Gates has been and how truly visonary he remains. I do assess that the real opportunities are still out there and not at all ironically, they do rest in how we'll interact with systems and information - with our voices, fingers, eyes and eventually, thoughts. Mr. Gates was and remains correct and giving credit where it is due is not being a shill - it is proper. |
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