Hi. On Tue 2003-01-28 at 01:55:33 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Mon, 2003-01-27 at 17:38, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > > Anyone here managed to install Mandrake 9.0 upon a Dell > > Optiplex ? - If yes, what's your mileage / experience ? > > > > My reason for asking : I just contacted Dell Denmark and > > asked for an *empty* Optiplex. They were quite negative, > > asking why I don't want Windows preinstalled. I told them > > that I wanted to install Mandrake. Long pause. Then they > > cheered up quite a bit : Actually, they could deliver an > > Optiplex with Linux ( RedHat, I suppose) preinstalled ! [...] > I'm glad to hear that they are giving consumers a choice. Although I'm > disappointed to hear that they "expect" to give winblows preinstalled.
IIRC, it's a concession to their Microsoft OEM license, which doesn't
allow them to ship without OS. But they found that they can circumvent
it, if they install a different OS.
IMHO it was less about expecting Microsoft Windows preinstalled than
having any OS preinstalled. That would well explain their change in
attitude. I guess they talked about Windows, because that is simply
still what most customers ask for (i.e. they would confuse 9 of 10
customers if they asked, if it would be okay to install Linux
instead).
HAND,
Benjamin.
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