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What Dell’s Desktop Linux Move Means

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Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
May 3, 2007

“In 2004, the Boston Red Sox won the World Series. In 2007,
Dell, a top computer manufacturer, is introducing pre-installed
Ubuntu Linux on its main PC lines. The worlds of baseball and the
desktop will never be the same.

“In both cases, people worked long and hard to reach the top. In
Linux’s case, the top is the recognition that it is not just a
hobby operating system, and that it is not an operating system
that’s only for servers. With its arrival on Dell’s desktops, Linux
has proven that it can compete in the same league with Mac OS and
Windows…”

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