Having just visted Dell's website and attempted to configure a Inspiron
8000 lap top, there is no option to select no O/S. Or did I miss
something. It is also apparent that you have to work to find the
ability to buy a laptop with Redhat Linux. Just try finding it coming
in the home page without knowing where to look for it.
I would guess that Dell has to pay Redmond regardless of whether they
ship a Windoze O/S or not. I think a sales person actually admitted
that to me when I called a few months ago.
But what do I know?
"Tanner, Robby" wrote:
>
> Is that the case even when you choose Linux as the O/S?
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Fred Herman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 2:22 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: ibm's (very real) commitment to linux And Dell
> >
> >
> > 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.
> > >
> > > ----------------
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