> You mean, like http://www.dell.com/linux ? >
What I find interesting with Dell offering Ubuntu (at least when I was looking a few months ago) is Ubuntu Linux is offered on only a few of their models, and the pricing was not much less than the Windows OS platform PCs. So I figured what they were able to eliminate in M$ OS cost they had to make up with having a group of Support Techs that were at least fairly proficient with Linux, even if the same Linux reps were also able to provide Windows support. To have a specific group of dedicated or dual OS capable reps would have taken time & money to provide training for, which would have to be passed on to the folks purchasing the Linux based PCs. And since there are (still) far fewer folks buying Linux PCs than Windows, that added cost would be spread over fewer PCs, thus the price per PC for the Ubuntu support would pretty much offset any potential savings by not having to buy a Windows OS for each PC. But, in looking at the overall scheme of things I am glad Dell made the Ubuntu move. I am surmising if enough folks begin to purchase the Linux machines they may begin to offer Linux with other PC models as well. As it is they offer both Suse and Red Hat OS options for their Server class machines (not Ubuntu Server, yet). I have opted to order my Server machines from Dell without any OS, and install Ubuntu (or Windows Server) on my own. Ubuntu 7.10 had a few video driver limitations, but v-8.04 fixed that. And the GUI Desktop version install failed, so I had to install the Server version without the GUI interface, then added the GUI shell after the installation was completed (that was a Dell sc420 Server with P4 Dual Core CPU, 4Gb RAM). It has been rocking on reliably ever since, just like the Novell Suse Enterprise v-10 it was running for the year prior to me Ubuntu-izing that Server. I never give the Server a second thought. It just works. Anyway, for all the beating up Dell has sustained over the years, I for one have had a great experience with Dell over the past 4 years. And with my next (non-Apple) Desktop PC I will consider a Linux OS machine if they offer it on one of their beefier machines. Then again, I do not need as beefy a machine with Linux as with Windows - just lots of RAM for the VirtualBox app for each virtual PC... Gil > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ted Roche > Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 9:32 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Microsoft reveals features of Windows 7 > > > On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 8:57 PM, KAM.covad > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I think a lot of our clients would go to Linux, but we would > have to support everything. I wish someone would come out with a fully > > loaded machine that has Linux, email, office, etc. > > You mean, like http://www.dell.com/linux ? > > > Then I wish we could get all our VFP9 software converted to > Dabo. I think it > > would work, but it is a scary step when everything works like > it is. We have a million lines of code with all those little 'fixes' > > that only come after your software has been used by a thousand > clients over 10 years. We did that when we converted from FPD26 to > > VFP6. That seemed impossible, and it was, but we eventually got > it working. We would never go back. > > Have you looked at converting your app to a web app? Then you could > move from having to support every wacky patched version of some > single-source OS into supporting FireFox, Safari, Opera and IE7? And > the client could run their choice of DOS, Windows, Vista, Snow > Leopard, Free BSD, Solaris or JoesOperatingSystem, and that would not > be your problem? > > > We need some other large, well capitalized company to break the > ice, prove the concept and make it so we could recommend it. > > Good luck with that. > > -- > Ted Roche > Ted Roche & Associates, LLC > http://www.tedroche.com > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
