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Dell, Rivals Leaving Linux Money on the Table

Written By
JP
Joe Panettieri
Mar 26, 2008

[ Thanks to The
VAR Guy
for this link. ]

“The VAR Guy is in the market for a small office printer that
supports Ubuntu Linux, Mac OS X and Windows XP. Alas, most PC
companies do a lousy job describing which of their printers work
with Ubuntu. Which means they’re leaving easy money on the table.
Here’s our resident blogger’s sad story so far.

“The VAR Guy owns a Dell PC running Ubuntu, so visiting Dell.com
for printer advice was a natural first stop. But Linux printer info
on that site was mostly anecdotal or non-existent…”


Complete Story

JP

Joe Panettieri

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