Just Got The Dell "Back To School" Catalog... Linux???? Where is it hiding????

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Moshe Goldfarb.

Not a mention of Linux anywhere in the booklet.

Windows Vista is everywhere and there are some pretty decent deals,
especially on notebooks.

There is a nice pink one that would be perfect for Roy Schestowitz, Martii
or HPT!!

It has a $25.00 premium though, which is a rip IMHO.
You'll never lose it though, unlike a black Thinkpad which blends in with
everything.

So where is Linux?

This is one of Dell's biggest times of the year, along with the Christmas
season but yet Linux is once again MIA.

Poor Linux...
 
Why are you such a horse's ass?
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I asked a legitimate question - you often whine about me posting about OS
X... but I bet a greater percentage of your posts bring up OS X than do
mine.

You are a hypocrite... and when I point it out you call me names.

Oh well.
 
Not a mention of Linux anywhere in the booklet.

Windows Vista is everywhere and there are some pretty decent deals,
especially on notebooks.

There is a nice pink one that would be perfect for Roy Schestowitz,
Martii or HPT!!

It has a $25.00 premium though, which is a rip IMHO. You'll never lose
it though, unlike a black Thinkpad which blends in with everything.

So where is Linux?

This is one of Dell's biggest times of the year, along with the
Christmas season but yet Linux is once again MIA.

Poor Linux...
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Moshe Goldfarb. said:
Not a mention of Linux anywhere in the booklet.

Windows Vista is everywhere and there are some pretty decent deals,
especially on notebooks.

There is a nice pink one that would be perfect for Roy Schestowitz, Martii
or HPT!!

It has a $25.00 premium though, which is a rip IMHO.
You'll never lose it though, unlike a black Thinkpad which blends in with
everything.

So where is Linux?

This is one of Dell's biggest times of the year, along with the Christmas
season but yet Linux is once again MIA.

Poor Linux...



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Why would they mention Linsux? There are only 2 people that might want it.
 
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Moshe Goldfarb. said:
Not a mention of Linux anywhere in the booklet.

Windows Vista is everywhere and there are some pretty decent deals,
especially on notebooks.

There is a nice pink one that would be perfect for Roy Schestowitz,
Martii or HPT!!

It has a $25.00 premium though, which is a rip IMHO.
You'll never lose it though, unlike a black Thinkpad which blends
in with everything.

So where is Linux?

This is one of Dell's biggest times of the year, along with the
Christmas season but yet Linux is once again MIA.

Poor Linux...
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Why would they mention [Linux]? There are only 2 people that might
want it.
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Why is Dell offering Ubuntu-preloaded hardware, then?
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For those 2, I guess.
 
Moshe said:
Not a mention of Linux anywhere in the booklet.

Windows Vista is everywhere and there are some pretty decent deals,
especially on notebooks.

There is a nice pink one that would be perfect for Roy Schestowitz, Martii
or HPT!!

It has a $25.00 premium though, which is a rip IMHO.
You'll never lose it though, unlike a black Thinkpad which blends in with
everything.

So where is Linux?

This is one of Dell's biggest times of the year, along with the Christmas
season but yet Linux is once again MIA.

Poor Linux...
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Well it goes something like this, if a manufacturer, distributor or
retailer wishes to supply their computers with MS windows installed they
get a licence from MS which, shall we say, limits their ability to
advertise or display some alternative OS's. I asked the manager of a
local branch of a well known computer store why he did not display any
of the linux distros he sells on any of the display computers, he said
doing so would breach the companies licence agreement with MS.

I also spoke to members of the technical department in the same store
about linux. They thought their customers would not know what to do with
a dos prompt, which made me laugh. I explained i'd just installed Suse
on one of my machines and had not seen a dos prompt, well ok one when
first booting from the CD your presented with a dos menu but all you
need to do is press return. After that you get a gui install not unlike
MS windows, you need to answer a few questions, geographical location,
time zone, language and are given the option to use the standard or
custom partition layout. The OS is installed, when done the CD or DVD is
ejected and a screen message tells you to remove the media and reboot.
After rebooting you are presented with a window (gui) system not unlike
MS windows, no dos prompt, unless you open a shell (command prompt in MS
speak.) Also Suse8.1 came with 7CD's 1DVD, 2 large manuals and 90 days
free support for 36GPB. A lot more than MS are willing to provide for
the Vista OS i bought at 50GBP which currently won't boot at all. MS
telephone support refer me to the email support, the email support refer
me to the telephone support, the telephone support want 46GBP before
they will consider offering any support at all. :(

If you install one of the free linux disros don't expect it to be
perfect, in most cases these are close to beta level, but the free
support you can expect from the linux community is outstanding so most
issues can be quickly resolved. If you want enterprise level software
and professional support then buy one of the commercial distros like
Suse or RedHat.
 
Chipmunk said:
Well it goes something like this, if a manufacturer, distributor or
retailer wishes to supply their computers with MS windows installed they
get a licence from MS which, shall we say, limits their ability to
advertise or display some alternative OS's. I asked the manager of a
local branch of a well known computer store why he did not display any
of the linux distros he sells on any of the display computers, he said
doing so would breach the companies licence agreement with MS.
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Rubbish. I know many stores which sell Mac and Windows ans, in some
cases, Linux.

This makes you another paranoid liar.
 
Hadron said:
Rubbish. I know many stores which sell Mac and Windows ans, in some
cases, Linux.

This makes you another paranoid liar.
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Fascinating response! very poor attempt an trolling though. Next time i
suggest you try reading a post before attempting to engage in unreasoned
argument and/or personal insults. Welcome to my kill file Mr.Troll.
 
Fascinating response! very poor attempt an trolling though. Next time i
suggest you try reading a post before attempting to engage in unreasoned
argument and/or personal insults. Welcome to my kill file Mr.Troll.
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Can't be much of a killfile seeing as Google shows you making all of 19
posts............

hmmmmmm.....
 
Moshe said:
So where is Linux?
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If it didn't bother you, you wouldn't troll about it, would you?

Confess: your paymasters are seriously worried that Linux is the most
serious threat to their undeserved former monopoly.
 
For some reason every time one of these stories is told the
assistant-manager, local manager, sales person and the cashier all seem
to know ever little detail about the "secret OEM contracts" that the
corporate headquarters signed with Microsoft.
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Come on, everybody knows it's the sanitation guy. I saw him in Dilbert.
 
Moshe said:
Can't be much of a killfile seeing as Google shows you making all of 19
posts............

hmmmmmm.....
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Hmm maybe im being a bit thick here but AFAIK my kill file does not stop
me posting or anyone else, it stops me seeing posts made by ppl i add to
it. I see no reason to read posts like Mr.Hadron's reply as they are
less than helpful.

Chipmunk
 
Hmm maybe im being a bit thick here but AFAIK my kill file does not stop
me posting or anyone else, it stops me seeing posts made by ppl i add to
it. I see no reason to read posts like Mr.Hadron's reply as they are
less than helpful.

Chipmunk
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I was getting at the fact that you just "sort of appeared" and now seem to
be quite well versed in kill files....

We get a lot of people like that.

Most of them are High Plains Thumper nymshifting...
 
Tim said:
Why would a manager of a local branch know that?
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This has to be the oddest news group i've ever joined. Why would you ask
that? Why would he not know that? I'd suspect it's fairly important to
be aware of the limitations imposed by company agreements less he break
them and cause a lawsuit or removal of said licence/s. Along with fire
regulations, public safety, public insurance, H&S for the work force etc.

You don't have to take my word for it, i simply repeated what the
manager told me, in law that's hearsay and not admissible evidence. Go
to your local computer shop, make sure its one that sells some Linux
OS's, check the computers on display, see any running Linux? Then ask
the manager why. Or apply to MS for a licence by telling them you are
setting up in business selling computers and wish to offer their windows
software pre installed. i'm sure they will be happy to send you a copy
of the licence agreement, which you can read and either confirm or
refute my reiteration of this managers statement.

In answer to your question, i'd say it's his job to know that. :)

Chipmunk
 
Moshe said:
I was getting at the fact that you just "sort of appeared" and now seem to
be quite well versed in kill files....

We get a lot of people like that.

Most of them are High Plains Thumper nymshifting...
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Did i, oh dear didn't mean to, just joined this group as Vista has me
stumped atm. Can't get it to boot any more, generally i find solutions
through forums, google or MS knowledge base. In desperation i tried the
support phone line who referred me to the email support who referred me
here or back to the phone support to pay 46GPB. So here i am. :)

First time i've ever had the need of a kill file, normally just avoid
feeding trolls but that particular poster started out with miss
quoting/interpreting my post and insulting me. Not sure what you mean by
High Plains Thumper nymshifting, presumably some sort of insult to
fleeting posters. :)

(I realise this thread is being cross posted to several news groups, i'm
posting to microsoft.public.windows.vista.general)

Chipmunk
 
Why would a manager of a local branch know that?
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He bloody well should. If he doesn't know at least that much about MS, then
he has no business selling anything vaguely technical, let alone computers.

To the OP, you are lucky you have a good local manager. :)
 
Chipmunk said:
Did i, oh dear didn't mean to, just joined this group as Vista has me
stumped atm. Can't get it to boot any more, generally i find solutions
through forums, google or MS knowledge base. In desperation i tried
the support phone line who referred me to the email support who
referred me here or back to the phone support to pay 46GPB. So here i
am. :)
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And then you came to a Linux "advocacy" group to fix Vista.

LOL! Only in COLA!

What a load of bullshit. You must be High Plains Hypocrite since no one
else would be stupid enough to think anyone would believe that
ludicrous statement. Except for pucker lips Liarnut of course.
 
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