[nzlug] Dell are sooo pwn3d

[David Sturtevant]

Hello,

I know in the UK also, and I assume the rest of Europe that  you can get
selected systems with Linux, though there have been some strange stories
around them , for example this gem

http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/05/145238 - which has now
been corrected, but a very bizarre case

http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/20/1215213

I find it hard to understand why they would roll out Ubuntu in some parts of
the world and not others.  Maybe the person you spoke to wasn't a very well
trained/informed sales person?

Strangely, going on the New Zealand dell website and searching for Ubuntu,
the pages I find take me to the American site...



On 26/06/07, David McNab <david at rebirthing.co.nz> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> After receiving a Dell mailer in the letter box, I rang their sales
> number to ask about whether I could purchase a machine without Windows.
>
> They said definitely not, but told me I could simply re-format the drive
> and install Linux over the top.
>
> Hmm, paying $100+ to a convicted monopolist for software I won't be
> using, that's a good option.... NOT!
>
> So I gave them a bit of a blast, and told them in no uncertain terms
> that it would be very good if they could reconsider their policy and
> allow purchase of machines without an OS, or allow me to get a refund
> for the OEM OS license fee. I also told them that no matter how good
> their deals are, there's no way in hell I'd buy a machine if there is an
> M$ tax in the price.
>
> So I mention it here, in the hope that there might be interest among the
> F/OSS community in pressuring Dell's NZ distributors to reconsider their
> policy.
>
> Cheers
> David
>
>
>
>
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