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July 11, 2007 at 10:29 AM
jose.a.nunez

Linux too good to land on Dell machines

by jose.a.nunez . Updated 17 years, 9 months ago

Dell has reiteratively announced Linux-based products over years without coming to any serious model out.

I think there is a powerful reason over that: Linux is free.

Buying a good Dell computer with Linux means it wont have Windows, so if somebody wants later to go to Windows, it would be way more expensive to buy non-oem licenses for it.

Counter wise, if you buy a good Dell computer with Windows, you get a “good price deal” for the OS, and if some day you want to migrate to Linux… it is free.

Of course, there are other reasons… other heavier reasons, I still don’t understand… Maybe a MS anti-competence policy that ties Dell?

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