“A Dell Belgium employee says Microsoft is putting pressure on
it to sell PCs with Windows only. Microsoft and Dell Europe say
that is not the case as the Linux community scrutinises the titans’
moves.”
“A Dell Belgium representative has told ZDNet his company has an
agreement with Microsoft to sell PCs only if they have an operating
system pre-installed, and hinted Microsoft has pressured Dell into
making sure that only Windows comes as standard.”
“Until 2 June, Dell Belgium offered customers the option to buy
PCs without an operating system. This policy was later changed to
offer PCs with any operating system. Dell now only supplies PCs
with Windows, citing “technical difficulties” as preventing it from
offering any other OS.”
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