[Sussex] Dell to offer Linux on Desktops and Laptops

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Thu Mar 29 10:45:54 UTC 2007


Quoting Brendan Whelan <b_whelan at mistral.co.uk>:

> Good News - Dell is taking Linux seriously. This is presumably   
> because the cost of Windows is now forming a significant percentage   
> of the PC/Laptop selling prices. See article:
>
> http://www.techworld.com/opsys/news/index.cfm?newsid=8401&pagtype=all

Hopefully, this will also lead to more hardware manufacturers worrying  
about Linux support - if their hardware is Windows-only, Dell is less  
likely to use it, and that's a big chunk of the market gone overnight.
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