Dell to Sell Linux PCs

February 26, 2007 · Filed Under Silicon Valley 

dell sells linux computerAfter collecting thousand of online surveys from various country, Dell has announce the soon to be introduce Linux line of PCs for consumer. This is an interesting move considering that only a few months ago Dell introduce AMD as an alternative to Intel processor.

Such a configuration won’t soon unseat Microsoft’s dominance in the marketplace, the only person that is able to bring down Microsoft is they themselves, for example Windows would eventually evolve to a stage where it is almost perfect and there would be no reason for an upgrade. People would continue recycle and reuse older version of Windows to save cost. This would greatly impact Microsoft Revenue and future.

Giving the end user a choice between Linux and Windows is a good move but considering the fact that some people might take this as an advantage to install pirated version of Windows. My suggesting would be since Linux is free, Dell should have it pre-installed in every computer together with Wndows, this would provide the end user a choice between Linux and Windows.

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  1. Seth

    July 1st, 2007
    1

    Shipping computers with both would defeat the purpose. Why should I as an end-user be paying to have a Microsoft Windows license when I am not using it? I would prefer to see computers shipped clean with the option of adding the OS of your choice.

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