ubuntu-us-nj Washington Post Article: Dell Ends Linux Desktop Program

[Andrew Min]

Holy crap, I actually went on Google and searched three times. LOL.

Oh, I love that original article too.

On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 3:44 PM, DJ Rook <djrook2003 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Happy April Fool's Dave!!
>
> you almost had me
>
>
> *"David A. Harding" <dave at dtrt.org>* wrote:
>
> Sad, sad news. See below.
>
> -Dave
>
>
> Dell Ends Linux Desktop Program
>
> By CHARLES XI
> Associated Press Writer
>
> ROUND ROCK (AP) -- Amid economic downturn affecting millions of
> consumers, Dell Inc. announced the discontinuation of its Linux offerings.
>
> "Offering Ubuntu on desktop and laptops was an experiment -- an
> experiment that has now failed due to the extreme engineering time it
> took to produce each system and the low volume of sales we got out of
> the program," said Senior V.P. of U.S. Sales William Prince.
>
> Dell will continue to offer Red Hat and SUSE Linux for servers.
>
> An undisclosed sum will be paid to Canonical Ltd., the company behind
> Ubuntu & Dell's desktop Linux program, to maintain existing Ubuntu Linux
> support contracts.
>
> "This is a sad day for Linux," said Ubuntu and Canonical Ltd. founder
> Mark Shuttleworth. "Dell's desktop support was a shinning beacon of
> light telling mothers and grandmothers that Linux was OK to use."
>
> Dell's announcement comes only weeks after Wal-Mart Inc. withdrew its
> hyped $200 Green PC from store shelves and online warehouses citing,
> "lack of consumer uptake and satisfaction."
>
> Hewlett-Packard, which has been considering the idea of also selling
> Linux desktops, says Dell's decision has not in any way changed their
> position. But industry insiders disagree.
>
> "I've always doubted HP would ever ship a single personal Linux
> desktop," said Erehwon Beth Mary. "They were hedging their
> bets, waiting to see what happened at Dell. Now that Dell's program has
> failed, HP will quietly discontinue their own program."
>
>
> Original Article:
>
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/03/AR2007050300374.html
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