On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 10:50 AM, Matt Graham wrote: > From: "Eric \"Shubes\"" > > > Anyone been to the Ubuntu home page lately? It's sporting Dell desktop and > > notebooks which come with Ubuntu preloaded (and certified). > > "Dude! They've SOLD OUT! Bummer, man! I was using Ubuntu *before* it > was mainstream! Their early CDs were, like, really something...." > *cough* Hi Matt, I'm not sure they've 'SOLD OUT!'... but rather found a way to finance what they want to do, which is work on Ubuntu, I'm not sure if its right to suspect some kind of devious motive. As long as they are using legitimate OSS licenses, whats the difference? In the end, the quality of Ubuntu will increase. It seems to me that Linux people have some very deeply ingrained phobia of all commercial transactions. Sure Dell is going to find all sorts of ways to exploit the community, and its our job to keep track of those things and keep each other informed. See link below ;) . -jmz -- http://www.joshuazeidner.com/ --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss