On Sunday 25 February 2007, Fred A. Miller wrote:
When Michael Dell took back the reins of he company he founded, one of the first things he did was to launch the feedback site Dell Idea Storm. Following up on the recent Slashdot discussion of the early results of this experiment — an overwhelming expressed desire for pre-loaded Linux — Dell reports on what it plans to do with this feedback. Quoting: "[W]e are working with Novell to certify our corporate client products for Linux, including our OptiPlex desktops, Latitude notebooks and Dell Precision workstations. [On the question of which distro to choose:] "[T]here is no single customer preference for a distribution of Linux... We want users to have the opportunity to help define the market for Linux on desktop and notebook systems. In addition to working with Novell, we are also working with other distributors and evaluating the possibility of additional certifications across our product line."
http://www.dell.com/content/topics/global.aspx/ideastorm/ideasinaction?c=us &l=en&s=gen
If novell walks in Dell's door with a pre-configured SLED that should be a sweetheart deal. Even if they only made 5 bucks on the deal it would be quite a pot of money. Of course if they show up with a Gnome desktop it will turn so many users off linux that it may never get another chance at a vendor install. Somebody has to solve the Multimedia and Video driver problem because joe sixpack is not going to fight that battle. -- _____________________________________ John Andersen -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org