[oclug] Re: [oclug]Colossal Dell Gaffe (was IBM promo)

[Brian Barber]

What I saw was a page flouting the fact that you could order a any current 
Dell laptop with RH Linux pre-installed, and when you clicked on any model, 
you were greeted with a page where the only OS options are Windows 2000 Pro 
and Windows ME, with a nice statement above the drop-down menu that says 
"Dell recommends Windows 2000 for business.".  Not to mention that you can 
order Office 2000 as well.

What kind of Linux support is that?

BB


>From: Jon Earle <jearle at kronos.honk.org>
>Reply-To: oclug at lists.oclug.on.ca
>To: oclug at lists.oclug.on.ca
>Subject: Re: [oclug] Re: [oclug]Colossal Dell Gaffe (was IBM promo)
>Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 10:59:41 -0500 (EST)
>
>Um... guess I'm missing something.  Aside from a few items missing
>from the Dell laptop config page, what is the anger causing factor
>here?
>
>Cheers!
>Jon
>
>On Fri, 16 Mar 2001, Brian Barber wrote:
>
> > Brutal!  I can't believe it!  The company I work for is a Dell 
>integration
> > partner and I just e-mailed our rep with this info.
> >
> > Very bad indeed,
> > BB
> >
> >
> > >From: Chris Herrnberger <chris123 at magma.ca>
> > >Reply-To: oclug at lists.oclug.on.ca
> > >To: oclug at lists.oclug.on.ca
> > >Subject: Re: [oclug] IBM promo
> > >Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 09:23:12 -0500
> > >
> > >On Friday 16 March 2001 01:49, you wrote:
> > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, Mar 15, 2001 at 07:08:44PM -0500, Mike Kenzie wrote:
> > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > From: "Chris Herrnberger" <chris123 at magma.ca>
> > > > > To: <oclug at lists.oclug.on.ca>
> > > > > Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2001 12:42 PM
> > > > > Subject: [oclug] IBM promo
> > > > >
> > > > > > For those who missed it or otherwise have not seen the new
> > > > >
> > > > > IBM Linux promo
> > > > >
> > > > > > (requires flash) it can be found here:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/linux/passport.swf
> > > > >
> > > > > It's a great show and yet their ad in the paper today still
> > > > > says
> > > > >
> > > > > "IBM recommends Windows 2000 professional for Business" and
> > > > > on their web site www.ibm.cs/store  under software/operating
> > > > > systems there  is no mention of linux.
> > > >
> > > > Yeah, my big beef right now is that I cannot buy their top of the 
>line
> > > > IBM hardware (A21p 1600x1200  or  T21 1400x1050) without paying the 
>M$
> > > > tax.  I go to IBM because I think they have some of the finest 
>hardware
> > > > out there and am forced to put some of the least reliable software 
>on
> > > > it.
> > >
> > >Yes I hear ya. Same complaint. Here's an even better one, Follow the 
>links
> > >for any of the Dell Laptops that are being advertized with Redhat
> > >preinstalled. It will make you smile....and then very angry.
> > >
> > 
> >http://www.dell.com/us/en/bsd/topics/segtopic_linux_001_linux_center.htm
> > >
> > >
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