Re: Linux and Dell

1998-05-06 Thread Chris \"Cranky Spice\" Harshman
> Absolutely, otherwise they are stuck with the impression that a bunch > of broke students make up the Linux user community. Unfortunately, > there is no money in marketing to broke college students (or at least > there is not enough to make a dent in the sales of the big vendors like > Compaq,

Re: Linux and Dell

1998-05-06 Thread Daniel Grisinger
On Fri, 1 May 1998, W. Wade, Hampton wrote: > 1) Be very polite and professional. > 2) Identify who you are and your credentials. > 3) Give specifics on how you use their hardware with Linux. > 4) Provide some estimate of the machines you purchase, or for which you > > recommend that r