Re: another jerk in my mail box

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On Wed, 2006-06-14 at 08:53 -0700, Lonni J Friedman wrote:
> On 6/14/06, Craig White <craigwhite@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Wed, 2006-06-14 at 08:20 -0700, Lonni J Friedman wrote:
> > > On 6/14/06, Craig White <craigwhite@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > On Wed, 2006-06-14 at 09:55 -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> > > > > On Wed, 14 Jun 2006, Laurence Orchard wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > On Wed, 2006-06-14 at 08:48 -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote:
> > > > > > > On Tue, 2006-06-13 at 22:04 -0700, Hex Star wrote:
> > > > > > > > I don't think that comment about Dell not carring about linux is true:
> > > > > > > > http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/e510_nseries?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&~ck=mn
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I have been associated with an organization that only buys Dell
> > > > > > > machines for many years. And our department loads Linux on all our
> > > > > > > machines. I have three Dell machines running Linux at home.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Did you manage to buy a Dell machine without a Microsoft OS
> > > > > > installed & paid for? If so How?
> > > > >
> > > > > IIRC, you can get some of the dell *servers* with linux.  if you're
> > > > > buying a regular desktop or notebook, you *can* get your choice of
> > > > > operating system, as long as it's windows.
> > > > ----
> > > > ALL Dell servers for the past few years have been certified to work with
> > > > RHEL
> > >
> > > What exactly does "certified to work" mean?  If its anything similar
> > > to Microsoft's WHQL certification, then its just a meaningly marketing
> > > effort, and doesn't really guarentee any more than that the drivers
> > > exist and support the hardware.
> > ----
> > http://www.dell.com/content/topics/global.aspx/alliances/en/os_certifications?c=us&cs=555&l=en&s=biz
> >
> > I'll let their language speak for itself.
> >
> > They offer various Linux 'pre-installed' on all their PowerEdge servers
> > and support it. Do you want more than that?
> 
> On the servers, sure.  But on workstations Linux tends to be a foreign
> language.  The fact that all that they will even pre-install is RHEL4
> (without any updates) speaks volumes about how far behind the curve
> they are.
----
that is of course your opinion. That is all that they support (that I
know of) on Dimension/Optiplex/Precision desktop systems but other Linux
versions will indeed work. I give them credit for selling and supporting
something. 

Don't forget...it's a numbers game. As more and more customers want
computers with various installations of Linux, Dell will respond.

Craig


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