[nzlug] Dell are sooo pwn3d

[Philip Charles]

On Wednesday 27 June 2007 22:42, Volker Kuhlmann wrote:
> On Tue 26 Jun 2007 23:55:19 NZST +1200, Simon wrote:
> > Any Consumer subscribers out there? Isn't it time Consumer Magazine
> > did a comparison?
>
> Don't hold your breath. The more they move into testing computer gear,
> the less useful they become. I don't recall them having ever mentioned
> the word "Linux" at any time, but I do recall them having referred to
> it as "another operating system". Hardware compatibility tables never
> list Linux. My impression is that it's not an overly enlightened outfit
> when it comes to computing. They should stick to washing machines,
> they're experts at that.

I did complain to them some years ago and got a reply to the effect that 
Linux was not cohesive enough, iirc.  Presumably they meant that they 
were put off the number of distros.

They have mentioned Linux from time to time.

Phil.

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