What Do You Want to Hear from Dell About its Linux Plans? | Linux Today

What Do You Want to Hear from Dell About its Linux Plans?

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SJV
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
Aug 6, 2007

“In an unusual move, Dell is asking its users what they want
Dell CTO Kevin Kettler to talk about at next week’s LinuxWorld
trade show at San Francisco’s Moscone Center.

“Matt Domsch, Dell’s Linux technology strategist, announced the
invitation in a blog (Crowd-Sourcing the Discussion@LinuxWorld)
posting on Dell’s Direct2Dell Wiki. Domsch wrote, ‘As part of our
activities there, Kevin Kettler, our Chief Technology Officer will
deliver a keynote on Wednesday, Aug. 8 [actually Kettler will be
making his keynote on Tuesday, Aug. 7 between 1:30-2:30 p.m.] To
augment his keynote, we are asking the Linux community to vote on
five potential topics over on the Lightning Rod section of
IdeaStorm…'”

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Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

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