[Ham-Linux] Here is a message I ahve been trying get Dell to answer.

[Dr. Gerald N. Johnson]

On Tue, 2006-04-18 at 21:12 -0700, Leo B. Whiteway wrote:
> This message has had no response and I wonder if we will have to look 
> for a different supplier.
> Posting this to these groups may not be polite but I am getting angry 
> with the lack of response from Dell.
> 
> 
> This is the third time I am going to ask the same question.
> I want to buy notebook/laptop computer/s and I want to know if you will 
> sell any without any operating system as we do not allow any computers 
> in our place of business with any Microsoft software installed.
> We run Linux only and on one occasion we have allowed a power pc in but 
> never anything with Microsoft.
> Do you sell computers without Microsoft or do you only force buyers to 
> pay the Microsoft penalty and thus have us clear the drive and reinstall 
> proper software?

Their Chinese coolies only know how to load mudsoft to the hard drives.
The only possibility is to buy on sale and immediately load Linux. I've
done that already.

HP (but probably not Compaq) is pushing Linux, might even ship with
Linux if you ask.

Any other commercial seller of factory computer packages only sells with
windoze and threatens that they won't accept the computer back if the
hardware fails and its not running the windoze it was shipped with. Then
they don't supply a windoze recovery disk, the last Compaq I bought, I
had to go find DVD-R and make my own recovery disks.

They don't pay much for each windoze license, but they prize it a lot
more.

-- 
73, Jerry, K0CQ,
All content copyright Dr. Gerald N. Johnson, electrical engineer