From: "Rich Gauszka" 


"Adam" <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the
field.near the bridge"> wrote in message
news:45f7bee7{at}w3.nls.net...
> Rich Gauszka wrote:
>> Dell could easily find out. Just pick a stable Linux distribution and
>> offer
>> it as a configurable item. Dell claims experience with Red Hat and SUSE
>> so a
>> support mechanism should already be in place. I wonder if the consumer
>> side
>> orders would number greater than 10 ?
>>
>
> Why wouldn't it? I know a fair few Linux home users & if someone like
> dell were to come out (esp on the low end models & laptops) then I think
> they'd sell quite a few.
>
> Adam
>
>>
>>

I don't see a Linux consumer end kicking in until the corporate end makes
way more inroads. The Linux users I know are rather frugal and would rather
roll their own on a secondary box rather than spend money on a second
thought pre-configured unit from Dell.

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