news.com.com — Barely a week after a US judge approved a landmark antitrust agreement with Microsoft, company executives were swapping emails suggesting Dell deserved a beating for its growing interest in Linux, according to documents filed with a state court. "We should whack them, we should make sure they understand our value," wrote a MS senior vice president.
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solarsaviorFeb 27, 2007
Companies like Dell wouldn't even exist if they didn't work to ignore what Big Brother wants. Dell, like many other "clone" PC makers, ignored what IBM wanted and built an entire company on it. It is time for Microsoft to get some real competition. It will be better for everyone. It will mirror the huge advances since the PC was wrestled away from IBM control. It will be just like the huge improvements made by American car makers with competition from the Japanese.Squeeze harder, Microsoft. More and more customers will slip through your fingers and find more cost-effective ways to do things. And yes, Linux is still a pain in the ass, but so is the upkeep on Windows. (viruses, bugs, patch management, having to reboot to install patches and applications, etc.)
jesusissatanFeb 27, 2007
Never go against the family. Michael Dell swims with the fish now.
alterattiFeb 27, 2007
Its *Microsoft* who wants to whack Dell, which is the main point.so <a class="user" href="http://digg.com/microsoft,">http://digg.com/microsoft,</a> and not the "Linux/Unix" category.
Closed AccountFeb 28, 2007
It comes as no surprise Microsoft would say such a thing, I mean is anyone really surprised their business decisions are mostly evil? Of course not, they're surprised they get away with it.I think that all the operating systems are good for different things. I don't really have any biased opinions on the OSes themselves but instead the company policies which help/force sell them. Just like automobiles people use different operating systems for different purposes but they all drive the same highway, and some crash more than others.Microsoft should focus their tactics on Mac instead of Linux, considering they are in business to compete, not destroy freeware. Or are they that full of themselves that they think Dell is the only way people are going to find out about Linux? I don't think that selling Linux is the only way it's going to become well known, because like the Dell situation it's only saving them money and costing you $57 more. Either way, MS has and always will be against free software. To me they're all computers which can equally access the same bitching and whining of the OS wars."Amiga is best!""No, Atari ST is best!"Same song, different lyrics. Things like this will never change, and the fanboys defending monopolies will never learn.
kolarFeb 28, 2007
"we should make sure they understand our value" Value to who exactly?
ghideFeb 28, 2007
and that's why they got beat by M$/PC, no offense to Mac users tho...and then Steve Jobs changed to Intel and give Mac users boot camp, what a surrender, but it's definitely helping Mac to get back to the market. You just cannot deny the reality.
bikeheaddotcomFeb 28, 2007
@avihappy I agree. Sure, it'll add to Dell's support costs, but the computer hardware is now more of a commodity and Dell's margins are lower because of it. Adding an "Dell o/s" might help sell hardware at a higher premium (again, like Apple).
mryellowMar 1, 2007
This idiot either works for or is getting paid by microsoft. Every comment he makes is anti-apple, anti-FireFox, Anti-Linux to a point that defies common sense. Look at his profile and see for yourselves.