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Michael Dell's Linux choice? Ubuntu
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| April 18th
| Steven J Vaughan-Nichols
Posted on 04/19/2007 7:46:32 AM PDT by Halfmanhalfamazing
What operating system do the heads of Fortune 500 companies run on their personal laptops? In the case of Michael S. Dell, president and CEO of Dell, it's Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn.
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TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: dell; linux; opensource; ubuntu
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To: rzeznikj at stout
It’s a quote of Bill Clinton’s, possibly the version the DNC is running now.
To: Golden Eagle
I know that.
What does it have to do with this thread?
To: Golden Eagle
So if we use Linux we’re a lib?
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posted on
04/19/2007 11:01:19 AM PDT
by
BJClinton
(Here is a lesson in creative writing. First rule: Do not use semicolons.)
To: rzeznikj at stout
Ubuntu was mentioned in the title of the thread, guess you missed it. Consider it a reminder for those of us who care about politics, verses “what can we download for free today”.
To: Golden Eagle; N3WBI3; FLAMING DEATH
So, if I discuss the slice of apple pie i ate for lunch, you’re going to think of Steve Jobs and Apple, Inc.?
You’re really absurd, Iggle...
To: BJClinton; zeugma
That’s his entire argument...
To: Golden Eagle
At home: Dell Precision M90
Hardware:
- Intel Core 2 Duo T7600 Processor
- 4GB DDR2 667Mhz DRAM
- 17" WXGA+ Widescreen LCD
- 160GB 7200rpm SATA hard drive
- 8X DVD +/- RW optical drive
- NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500 512MB
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Software:
- Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn
- VMWare Workstation 6 Beta
- OpenOffice.org 2.2
- Automatix2
- Firefox 2.0.0.3
- Evolution Groupware 2.10
They can call it what they want, its a laptop. As to the price, notice the XPS line is under desktops: These go upwards of 4k. The line between desktop and workstation is nothing but a branding cliche in todays world. The day of the spark workstation vs the 486 windows95 box is done. From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workstation Workstation Class PCs A significant segment of the desktop market are computers expected to perform as workstations, but using PC operating systems and components. PC component manufacturers will often segment their product line, and market premium components which are functionally similar to the cheaper "consumer" models but feature a higher level of robustness and/or performance. Notable examples of this are the Xeon and Opteron CPUs, and the Quadro line of video processors. A workstation class PC may have some of the following features:
* support for ECC memory * a larger number of memory sockets which use registered (buffered) modules * multiple processors * multiple displays * run a "business" or "professional" operating system version
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posted on
04/19/2007 11:12:01 AM PDT
by
N3WBI3
(Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak....)
To: rzeznikj at stout
Better yet, if Barak Obama has an apple for lunch and says “I Love Apples’ does that mean Apple computers are for leftist?
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posted on
04/19/2007 11:14:27 AM PDT
by
N3WBI3
(Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak....)
To: N3WBI3
To: Halfmanhalfamazing
To: BJClinton
So if we use Linux weÂre a lib? Not at all, even I use Linux on occassion. But there are a lot of leftist whackos deeply involved with Linux, starting with "the father of free software" and green party advocate Richard Stallman. The DNC runs on Linux, every communist government on earth is standardizing on it, but most of the linux pushers will do everything they can possibly think of before ever admitting any possible connection. Just be truthful, don't run around creating 20 threads a week full of bull then try to deny the obvious.
To: Halfmanhalfamazing
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posted on
04/19/2007 11:33:42 AM PDT
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(The DemonicRATS believe ....that the best decisions are always made after the fact.)
To: N3WBI3
Just saw this:
Microsoft Plans $3 Suite for Emerging Markets
*******************8EXCERPT*******************************
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates is launching a global initiative to bring educational technology to the developing world.
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posted on
04/19/2007 11:36:17 AM PDT
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(The DemonicRATS believe ....that the best decisions are always made after the fact.)
To: Golden Eagle
But there are a lot of leftist whackos deeply involved with Linux, starting with "the father of free software" and green party advocate Richard Stallman. There are a lot of leftist whackos deeply involved in Windows (Gates, Ballmer) and Apple (Jobs) as well, and I wouldn't be surprised to see that Sun has a few on their staff as well.
The DNC runs on Linux
So does Free Republic.
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posted on
04/19/2007 11:39:07 AM PDT
by
kevkrom
(Al Gore is to Global Warming as L. Ron Hubbard is to Scientology)
To: N3WBI3
If Dell ever does actually start shipping Linux on home computers again (we’ve only had about two or three dozen threads over the last couple of years claiming it is any day now, despite nothing but No from mike himself) it will be to match up against Apple. Dell himself has said several times he’d love to provide OSX installed, but since Jobs won’t agree this could be what happens instead.
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Good for him, I hope it helps out those kids.
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posted on
04/19/2007 11:43:20 AM PDT
by
N3WBI3
(Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak....)
To: kevkrom
Kev,
only go down this road with him if you enjoy repeating yourself often. He does not want to hear it. There are seasons when I find running him around in circles fun, this is not one of them. His Xenophobia hits a soft spot with me as I am the husband of an immigrant.
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posted on
04/19/2007 11:45:08 AM PDT
by
N3WBI3
(Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak....)
To: kevkrom
Gates and Jobs are nowhere as leftist as Stallman, check Stallman.org. FR simply uses Linux, Howard Dean pushes what he calls “open source politics”.
To: Golden Eagle
Could be just to compete with Apple. It could also be the thousands upon thousands of submissions to dells ideastorm website stating that many customers wanted, for lack of a better term, an OEM linux desktop (help me out if you have something better). Dell has acknowledged recently they are seriously looking at putting Linux out there which is hardly “nothing but No”.
In any event Dell is not going to get a chance to sell OSX anytime soon and I very much doubt anyone who was going to buy an apple will settle for Linux on Dell. If they wanted Linux on Dell they can do that now (just not with the support Apple provides).
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posted on
04/19/2007 11:48:23 AM PDT
by
N3WBI3
(Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak....)
To: N3WBI3
Kev, only go down this road with him if you enjoy repeating yourself often. Yeah, I need to remind myself to not feed the troll. Apparently, some leftists are better than other leftists because they're richer, or something odd like that.
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posted on
04/19/2007 12:24:47 PM PDT
by
kevkrom
(Al Gore is to Global Warming as L. Ron Hubbard is to Scientology)
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