On Thu, 2007-09-27 at 01:28 -0500, Alexandro Colorado wrote: > On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 01:22:49 -0500, Ian Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > So how come Dell can put Ubuntu (with OOo in its machines and Lenovo is > > considering doing it for laptops?) Canonical - so as long as you have > > some stable company pulling things together it doesn't seem too > > important how the individual products are backed. > > > > Ian > > Governments will sign a contract with Dell UK.
In fact in UK education individual schools decide what computers to buy and that is also the case in quite a number of places. Centralise procurement is not at all the whole market. > Dell in itself is the one > to deal with Canonical.com or Ubuntu.org but it really depends how the > negotiations where handled and what is the legal requirements on each > country. > > Example, mexico for a while required the vendor to produce the machines in > the country. That is one of the reason why Apple couldn't sell computers > for a long time. But why would that limit OOo because it isn't a company? Just get any clone manufacturer to install it when they build the machine in Mexico. Its more about persuading OEMs to pre-install OOo. Ian -- New QCA Accredited IT Qualifications www.theINGOTs.org You have received this email from the following company: The Learning Machine Limited, Reg Office, 36 Ashby Road, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B79 8AQ. Reg No: 05560797, Registered in England and Wales. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
