-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 03/29/07 09:26, Celejar wrote: > On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 09:20:23 -0500 > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> On 03/29/07 08:55, Paul Walsh wrote: >>> Passed to me by a colleague: >>> >>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6506027.stm >>> >>> *grin* >> There will be a limited number of models and they'll be more >> expensive (if for no other reason than companies like Symantec can't >> sell ad space on a Linux desktop). >> >> Thus, sales will be low and Dell will be justified in considering >> the project a failure. >> >> In /. terms, itsatrap. > > That's what I never get about this whole business; I want them to do > linux to *lower* the cost by the cost of the windows license. I suppose > they're targeting people who want the convenience, not the cost saving. > I'd actually rather do the install myself, to customize it properly, so > I suppose what I really want is a no OS box, cheaper by the cost of a > Windows license from the equivalent Windows one.
But not subsidized by advertising space sold to other companies. > I believe that they > offered no OS boxes (with FreeDos, IIRC) at least at one point, but I > don't think they were cheaper than the Windows ones. > > Celejar > > - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day. Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGC9BNS9HxQb37XmcRAs8bAKDvZBiOTYBBTO1oLqCLDxWdcviuawCeOKOo 9B6KkO4Ox6v3/yk2Z8p01fI= =lg3I -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
