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trocheeMy post earlier this week about watching Dell get suggestions has generated a response from ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
richardatdell, who has had an account since last december but has never posted an entry.
His response (I think it's fair to assume "Richard" is a he!) is pretty vague:
[update:, 2007/02/23 3p PST: there's more on that thread fromrichardatdell and from me. What I'm saying here still stands.]
Dell has asked for what the public wants. If it is going to provide that: wonderful. If not: don't jerk us around.
Andrichardatdell: what makes me so special? Why aren't you commenting in the Ubuntu blog, where I found this story?
richardatdell, who has had an account since last december but has never posted an entry.His response (I think it's fair to assume "Richard" is a he!) is pretty vague:
we are investigating many of the ideas in terms of implementation.I don't think I'm being unfair to say that this response is pretty weak so far. Also, Dell's official response is nothing and the (somewhat strident) call to Dell to put up or shut up still stands.
Hope you will check back later today or early next week as we start to respond to some of the ideas. Other suggestions will take some time before we can provide feedback as we look at the suggestions.
[update:, 2007/02/23 3p PST: there's more on that thread from
richardatdell and from me. What I'm saying here still stands.]Dell has asked for what the public wants. If it is going to provide that: wonderful. If not: don't jerk us around.
And
richardatdell: what makes me so special? Why aren't you commenting in the Ubuntu blog, where I found this story?
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Date: 2007-02-25 05:41 am (UTC)And there's something there, that they're saying that they're trying to certify some of their computers as Linux-friendly.
But to be obvious about it: I can use the web to find out which Dell models are Linux-friendly already, thanks to the happy hacker community.
I also note that the possibility of offering pre-installed open-source applications beyond Linux -- well, that's completely glossed over. OpenOffice gets a namecheck, but no actual discussion, and Firefox instead of IE doesn't even get on the radar.
I agree: Dell is stuck in a bind with MS.
they charge more for <b>no</b> windows
Date: 2007-03-06 03:40 am (UTC)Perhaps they're finally ready to acknowledge that Windows is such a frustrating trap that they need to pay people to use it?