[nzlug] Dell are sooo pwn3d

[David Sturtevant]

http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2006/110706-dell-windows.html

On 26/06/07, Simon <corwin at ihug.co.nz> wrote:
>
> 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!
>
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