[Am-info] Dell Outsmarts Microsoft!

[Paul Rickard]

========== On 2002.08.14 08:10 AM, Erick Andrews typed: ============

>This part of the article is really cute on MS's behalf:
>
>"The Microsoft licensing terms, which were put in place on Aug. 1, 
>specify that PC makers must ship PCs with an operating system. 
>The new policy exists to prevent piracy and to better track OS shipments."

   I'm wondering about one thing, though... Why can't Dell include a free 
distro of Linux with its new n-Series systems instead of FreeDOS? Is Dell 
under some contract with a Linux vendor that prevent it from using a free 
Distro? Or is Dell in an agreement with Microsoft not to sell Linux to 
anyone buying fewer than 100 computers? The latter one seems more likely 
to me. I just can't see why FreeDOS is the solution here instead of Linux.


======== Paul Rickard, Editor of The Microsoft Boycott Campaign =======
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   would be nervous if my system was built on their technology, too."
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