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DesktopLinux: Why Won’t Dell Promote Its Linux Desktops?

Written By
SJV
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
Feb 28, 2006

[ Thanks to Steven J.
Vaughan-Nichols
for this link. ]

“Last Thursday, when I wrote about Dell’s new Linux desktop, was
one of the most frustrating days of my professional life. My eWEEK
colleague John Spooner and I tried our best to get Dell to confess
that they really had released an honest-to-God Linux desktop.

“But Dell simply wouldn’t do it…”

Complete
Story

SJV

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

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