Dell are also paid, as all OEMs are, to bundle crapware with windows installations. Trial versions of Symantec, etc. This cuts the cost of XP to nothing or often less than nothing.
Paul Broadhead wrote: > Alan Pope wrote: > > >> As I understand it (i.e. this may be factually inaccurate) any OEM >> wishing to sell Ubuntu branded as Ubuntu needs to pay a license to >> Canonical for the use of the trademarked name. I believe there are >> also restrictions upon what you can do, for example you can't >> pre-install skype, but can pre-install some codec bundles (which are >> an additional license cost). >> > > I did not realise that was the case. However, the figures would be very > useful to know; both for Ubuntu and for windows. I wish companies could > be more open about the OS cost and stop trying to hide behind different > specifications and machines that cannot be compared. > > If companies wanted to be honest with their customers, the cost of the > OS would be clearly stated. I do not see any reason why dell do > not allow OS customisation (selection) as they do other features. > The various costs could be clearly stated and you would know exactly > what you are paying for. > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
