Dell and Linux
From:
http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=4993&tag=nl.e622
Dell says it’s on board with the Microsoft and Novell Linux partnership.As part of the deal, Dell will buy SUSE Linux Enterprise Server certificates from Microsoft. It will also launch a services and marketing program to woo existing Linux users who are not Dell customers to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server. It wasn’t immediately clear how many certificates Dell either purchased or planned to purchase. The certificates sold tally–40,000–is the same as it was in March when Microsoft and Novell announced HSBC was buying certificates. The tally in January was 35,000.
The good news: Dell is going after the Linux market in a big way. The bad news: Dell may torpedo any goodwill it had in the Linux community after choosing Ubuntu for its desktop Linux distribution.
This should be interesting to watch. My own personal views are that this is bound to be good for the community in the long run and while I am sure that the zealots will be unhappy about this the reality is that this is already a good thing. There is little room in the real world for people who can’t think both logically and with moderation.
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