The Direct 2 Dell site and the Imagine Sense site from Dell are what made all this happen in the US the way that it did. If I may make a suggestion....do as our American open source brothers and sisters did, tell Dell not each other. Chris Powell <div>On 5/5/07, RIchard Seguin <<a href="mailto:ubuntu@nb.sympatico.ca">ubuntu@nb.sympatico.ca</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> I don't imagine it will take long to follow. I am not sure why they implemented that in the US first. Dell could make a lot more money if they DIDN'T include the OS in there packages. Daniel Robitaille wrote: > On 5/2/07, cc <<a href="mailto:disgruntled.toaster@gmail.com">disgruntled.toaster@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > >> Just curious, I don't see anything about it at <a href="http://www.dell.ca">http://www.dell.ca </a> >> > > I haven't see anything either about us Canadians. The deal announced > yesterday seems to only be for the US market: > > "Update: These systems will be available in the coming weeks to > customers in the United States." > <a href="http://direct2dell.com/one2one/archive/2007/05/01/13147.aspx">http://direct2dell.com/one2one/archive/2007/05/01/13147.aspx</a> > > > -- ubuntu-ca mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-ca@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-ca@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ca">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ca </a> </blockquote></div>