Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 24th Feb 2007 21:28 UTC, submitted by anonymous
Dell has announced that more of their systems will be available with Linux pre-installed: "It's exciting to see the IdeaStorm community's interest in open source solutions like Linux and OpenOffice. We are listening, and as a result, we are working with Novell to certify our corporate client products for Linux, including our OptiPlex desktops, Latitude notebooks and Dell Precision workstations. This is another step towards ensuring that our customers have a good experience with Linux on our systems." In addition: " Dell recognizes our customers' desire to have unlimited control over the software on their PC. In fact, today XPS customers can opt-out of almost all preinstalled software. We will be expanding this effort in the coming months."
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As you know, Windows is sold to businesses (volume licenses) and to OEM for preloading computers. Thus, if Linux is to gain any significant marketshare, it must come from preloading by OEMs. If this happens, more people will want to run Linux at work, leading to the business licenses.
I don't know if Dell is really planning any significant push in this area, but if they did, it could start a historic shift.