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Dude, you've got selective amnesia! | |
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| Time: 00:00 EST/05:00 GMT | News Source: The Register | Posted By: Todd Richardson | ||
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Michael Dell is no fool, which makes his remarks in an interview with InfoWorld published this week a puzzling read. Dell is asked about one of the great mysteries of our time: why the No.1 PC company made strategic investments in Linux on the desktop, only to axe them rather dramatically, after only a few weeks. All credit to Ashlee Vance for doggedly pursuing this mystery. Vance it was who discovered that Dell had, contrary to its public statements, disappeared the Linux option from its range of offerings. At the time, Dell insisted that "our customers did not seem to want it though; the numbers didn't add up." But confusingly, Michael Dell still insists that the company does offer the option:- "We continue to offer Linux on the desktop and there is nothing else to say," he tells Vance. | ||
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| #1 By 2332 (65.221.182.3) at 1/17/2003 12:27:53 AM |
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"why the No.1 PC company made strategic investments in Linux on the desktop, only to axe them rather dramatically, after only a few weeks."
As I've said before, from what I've read, Dell had their Linux desktops on Dell.com for just over a year before they decided to stop selling them because nobody wanted them. They said that part of their web site was gathering dust... last I checked, dust takes a little while to accumulate. :-) |
| #2 By 7754 (216.160.8.41) at 1/17/2003 11:35:59 AM |
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Apparently blank pages imply guilt in Registerland.
Surprisingly little mentioned in the article of the poor sales of Dell Linux boxes.... |
| #3 By 3653 (65.190.70.73) at 1/17/2003 11:51:58 AM |
| so now, we can expect litigation to force pc builders to sell linux desktop systems? don't laugh! Sillier things have been suggested. |
| #4 By 61 (65.32.170.1) at 1/18/2003 11:44:38 PM |
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:)
OT: Have any of you seen the Gateway commercial where it shows that PC Mag gave them a higher rating than Dell for the first time then it displays "Dude, you STILL getting a Dell?" |
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