Dell y Linux!!!

[Roberto Andrade Fonseca <randrade en campus iztacala unam mx>]

Hola:

Buenas nuevas para los Linuxeros!!!

Saludos,


                       Roberto Andrade Fonseca
              Jefe de la Unidad de Informática y Redes
          Escuela Nacional de Estudios Profesionales Iztacala
                Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

                     Teléfonos: 623-1154, 623-1119
               e-mail: randrade en campus iztacala unam mx
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CUTTING MICROSOFT TETHER? DELL MAKES LINUX MOVE
Dell Computer, historically a strong Microsoft ally, announced 
Tuesday several deals that link the company to the free, 
open-source Linux operating system that Microsoft sees as not 
only its ideological antithesis but also as a growing competitive
threat.  Dell announced its first-ever contract for PCs running 
Linux, and also announced an equity investment -- the company's 
first of any kind -- in Linux distributor Red Hat Software.  Dell 
will supply Burlington Coat Factory with 1,250 desktop PCs 
running Linux, making Dell the first PC maker to extend Linux to 
the desktop.  Further, the company is the first to preinstall 
Linux at its factories, as most companies leave that task to 
systems developers.  The strategy is beneficial to customers, 
Dell says, because Linux has a reputation as being difficult to 
install.  (Investor's Business Daily 04/07/99)


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