I know what you mean. Microsoft still has a crapload of cash and they are
still going to try to convince companies to support Microsoft no matter what.
Their Windows 8 OS is pretty much a failure on the desktop and on their
tablets and the Windows phones are under 3% marketshare and losing
Dell has offered Ubuntu based laptops in the past and not really advertised
them much and recently they came out with new XPS models that run the latest
Ubuntu. I don't know how well they are selling, but it was good to some that
a big vendor supported GNU/Linux in some way.
I then read
Dell isn't taking GNU/Linux anywhere. Dell is at best using GNU/Linux for
publicity and/or to make baseless threats toward Microsoft to coerce better
deals. They are certainly no threat to Microsoft though. Microsoft has all
the major companies under its tight grip. If there was any threat
