[GRLUG] Dell gives the go-ahead for Linux

[Greg Folkert]

On Fri, 2007-03-30 at 13:21 -0400, Bob Kline wrote:
> Oh,  there was another poll a while about
> about whether people wanted AMD 
> processors.  I guess it offers some now,  
> on servers.  But at bottom Dell has long
> been a Wintel outfit.  Why it's deviating 
> from windoz or Intel-inside is another 
> question.  Maybe because HP is doing 
> it,  and also doing better than Dell right 
> now.  And HP offers and supports Linux.

Dell is Number 2 now. The want to be the NEW number 1!

They really did rest on their laurels. They got snubbed for it. They are
looking for ways to improve that "Dude you are getting a DUD!"
reputation they worked into over the past few years.

> If Dell is really this much in the dark about
> what people want,  no wonder it's doing
> relatively poorly.

It is not about them being in the dark, its about them looking for ways
OUT OF THE DARK.
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