Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 7th May 2007 15:36 UTC, submitted by butters
On the heels of announcing their plan to offer Ubuntu Linux pre-installed on selected consumer desktops and laptops, Dell will disclose today that it will team up with Novell and Microsoft to distribute Novell's SUSE Linux Enterprise Server software along with Microsoft's Windows Server software. As part of the deal, Dell will help Novell and Microsoft make SLES and Windows work together efficiently on Dell's computer hardware. Rick Becker, a Dell VP, says, "There's many aspects of open source that delight my customers, [but] they have concerns about software licensing. Those concerns go away when they deploy Microsoft and SLES Linux."
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RE[8]: I *feel* this is from handshakes in corridors
by archiesteel on Mon 7th May 2007 21:50
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Linux installers are not perfect, and I'll admit they've given me trouble. The Ubuntu livecd misconfigures my ati x850PE and crashes every time... but the XP installer has not been that much nicer to me. How many "average users" would ignore/not understand the "Press F6 to install 3rd party SATA/RAID controller", and the fact that it needs to be on a floppy, only to have the installer boot for 5 mins and scream that you have no hard drives? Basically, what it boils down to is OS installs are not for novice users...period.