[nzlug] Dell are sooo pwn3d

[Simon]

OK:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?p=2775502#post2775502

On Tue, 2007-06-26 at 13:35 +0100, David Sturtevant wrote:
> 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
> 
Lenovo does linux boxes I understand.

> 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?

... They launched in the US... considering the trouble they had getting
the web site sorted out, it is probably a good policy. When they go
global, they'll have the glitches ironed out (fingers crossed).

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

Yep... ant it seemes there is nothing on the US site saying "USA only"
and the order goes right up to taking my credit card... I may test this
out when I have that kind of money to throw around.

However... DELL is funny all over... take a look at the "open source"
options? Why is a computer without an OS the same price as an XP box? I
also heard that DELL were to offer SUSE desktop for business
customers... and had bought into that Novell/MS thing... but clicking
the business options link on the linux page sends me to a windows
solution!