Paul Broadhead wrote: > Alan Pope wrote: > > >> As I understand it (i.e. this may be factually inaccurate) any OEM >> wishing to sell Ubuntu branded as Ubuntu needs to pay a license to >> Canonical for the use of the trademarked name. I believe there are >> also restrictions upon what you can do, for example you can't >> pre-install skype, but can pre-install some codec bundles (which are >> an additional license cost). >> > > I did not realise that was the case. However, the figures would be very > useful to know; both for Ubuntu and for windows. I wish companies could > be more open about the OS cost and stop trying to hide behind different > specifications and machines that cannot be compared. > > If companies wanted to be honest with their customers, the cost of the > OS would be clearly stated. I do not see any reason why dell do > not allow OS customisation (selection) as they do other features. > The various costs could be clearly stated and you would know exactly > what you are paying for. > Oh, and apologies for top-replying =[
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