Steve D... wrote: > On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 9:06 AM, Mike Connors <mconno...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> David Kaplan wrote: >> >>> Before you buy one, read this: >>> >>> http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/69182.html >>> >>> >> Ha, just another marketing dog & pony show! They really aren't >> doing much for Linux/FOSS community or for the *Open* hw consumer. >> It almost makes you wonder if it's funded by M$....? >> > > I don't know if I'd go that far. It's easy for Apple, HP, and Dell > to get volume discounts from their suppliers. Hell, their suppliers > trip over each other trying to give volume discounts. It's harder to > get a volume discounts when you're only selling tens or hundreds of an > item. Open Hardware has to start somewhere. I'm glad these guys are > putting themselves out there. Good on them... > I get the volume discount. But, you could make a strong case for building equally or better spec'd machine w. COTS hw that has open drivers for the same or less $. > It comes down to a simple question. Do you want to buy from Dell, > HP, Apple, ect. and get 0% Open Source and no chance of Open Source in > the future, or do you go with Open-PC (or some other vendor) with 80% > Open Source and a damn good chance of 100% in the future? > > Steve D... I prefer to build my own desktop computer. I'm not a fan of Dell, because I just see them as company who used commodity hw, created a brand (the Dell dude), and offered a support contract, etc. Maybe they've changed, BTTBOMK they don't participate in research and development of standards like IBM and HP. Kudos to Dell for offering Linux pre-installed.
As for laptops, I'm an IBM/Lenovo guy because IMHO the build quality is unmatched. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
