Re: CNET News: Dell to offer more Linux PCs, Ubuntu's creator says

On Jul 28, 6:07 pm, Edwin <thorn...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Jul 27, 7:37 pm, KDT <scarface...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:





On Jul 27, 3:40 pm, Edwin <thorn...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Jul 27, 10:10 am, KDT <scarface...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Jul 27, 11:00 am, Edwin <thorn...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Jul 27, 8:18 am, "Jim Lee Jr." <peejste...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

From CNET News:

Cuss and discuss, WinPussies.

http://tinyurl.com/2a6rk5

Dell will soon offer more personal computers that use the Linux
operating system as opposed to Microsoft Windows, said the founder of a
company that offers Linux support services.

Mark Shuttleworth, who created the Ubuntu version of Linux and founded
Canonical to provide support for it, said that Dell is happy with the
demand it has seen for Linux PCs, which Dell introduced in May.

Dell, the world's second-largest PC maker after Hewlett-Packard, now
offers five consumer PCs that run Ubuntu Linux.

"What's been announced to date is not the full extent of what we will
see over the next couple of weeks and months," Shuttleworth said this
week in an interview. "There are additional offerings in the pipeline."

Dell spokeswoman Anne Camden declined comment, saying the company does
not discuss products in the pipeline. She added that Dell has been
pleased with customer response to its Linux PCs.

The Linux OS is seen as the biggest threat to Microsoft's Windows
operating system.

Companies like Shuttleworth's privately held Canonical, as well as Red
Hat and Novell, make money by selling standardized versions of Linux
programs and support contracts to service them.

Shuttleworth said his company is not in discussions with HP or any of
the other top five PC makers to introduce machines equipped with Ubuntu.
The other three top PC makers are Lenovo, Acer and Toshiba.

Thanks for giving good reasons not to buy a Mac.

Yeah we all know that average people are really clamoring to buy Linux
PC's and save a whopping $50 over the cost of the equivalent Windows
PC from Dell.

You thing the $50 price difference is the only issue? I had no idea
you were such a big supporter of Windows.- Hide quoted text -

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When have you ever known me to bash Windows?

How about this thread?

I make a very good
living developing Windows applications and from your posting history,
not only is it obvious that I know more about the internals of Mac OS
X than you do, but also know more about the internals of Windows.

BWA HA HA HA HA HA!!!! In the days before personal computers,
guys like you went around claiming to be Napoleon...- Hide quoted text -

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You've been proven factually wrong too many times to count. You
haven't demonstrated any technical knowledge about either Windows or
Macs since you've been posting here.

I'm still waiting on you to correct that very embarassing claim about
launchd....

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