Warren Melnick wrote:
>
> This company has bought many workstations and servers from Dell
> pre-configured for and shipped with Linux. One of them happens to be mine,
> a nice Precision 420 workstation (although I am typing on the WinDoze box
> next to it). Additionally I have had many calls in the last few months with
> very high-level people at various groups within IBM. Their committment to
> Linux is real and I have personally experienced it. However, you must
> realize that with a company the size of IBM, they are not going to be able
> to port every product over to Linux in weeks or months or even a year. You
> have to realize the company that you are talking about.
>
> ----------------
> Warren Melnick
> Director of Research and Development
> Astata Corporation
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: kevin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 11:07 AM
> To: Mike Burger
> Subject: RE: ibm's (alleged) commitment to linux And Dell
>
> We bought a server about a year ago. Dell then refused to sell us a 'clean'
> box. They said they would install Windows 95 instead of NT Server and not
> charge us for it (non-transferable licence of course).
>
> Instead we went to Transtec who sold us a server preinstalled with RH6.2.
> They assured us that they paid no licence fee to Microsoft, as for whether
> that's true or not is debatable but we did try not to buy a licence for
> software we cannot use.
>
> ===== Original Message from Mike Burger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> at 27/02/01
>
> 16:00
> >The point wasn't that you couldn't get Linux on a laptop from those
> >vendors...it was that you couldn't order a laptop with no OS on it from
> >those vendors, and even if you could, you'd probably have to pay for a
> >license for Windows anyhow.
>
We also have two Dell servers. We selected Dell because of their early
committment to Linux. However, when it comes to laptops, you still have
to pay the Redmond tax.
F.
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