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Obama is Apple, Hillary is Dell

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Dell Adds 'Gutsy Gibbon' to Linux Lineup

I suspect Dell will be the first one there. I know computers without Windows pre-installed have been only $50 cheaper (which was a problem), if Microsoft is neutered in its ability to charge computer suppliers unfairly, then the actual cost of a computer with Linux will get closer to half the cost of one with MS stolen-Linux-called-Wi... installed. GNU GPL will slowly kill software as anything but a professional engineering service. The industry, as I recently learned, steals about everything they do, regardless of the license. Microsoft is far from the only such thief. GNU GPL legalizes borrowing code under the precondition that you return the actual code to the Free Software Community under the same license.

I might add that this is effective regardless of any enforcement, and that when you include GNU GPL software in a product you charge for, every bit of that entire piece of software is automatically under the GNU GPL, so once XP and all below are proven to include GNU GPL code, most people can sue Microsoft for illegally charging them, as well as publish all the code Microsoft considered proprietary prior to the exposure.

So from my background, I could suggest that a crack of Windows XP code be made public, so that it could be shown that software under GNU GPL is incorporated (as it was under Gates's tenure). Windows XP would then altogether be free, under GNU GPL, and all computer manufacturers could then include Windows XP without paying one red penny to Microsoft. Then the open source development community could embrace GNU-XP and make a better Vista than Vista.

Anyway, I'm looking for something like this to happen, and I thought it was worth sharing while the subject was related.

*I suspect that Vista was the first OS Microsoft actually produced without stealing GNU GPL software and incorporating it in software they charged for.

Round Two From Round Rock: Dell's New Layoffs and Stock Price Outlook

Cutting jobs pisses off workers. Workers are more valuable than they used to be. Well, at least the ones that work.

Dell Brings Back XP PCs on Customer Outcry

Well-put. I primarily use Linux. Once in a while I have to hit a utility on Windows because it's simply not yet available on Linux. It's breath-taking to see what hell I'm missing when I try and shut down the computer without allowing an automatic update, and there's just no way to shut it down without merely hitting the power-off. What right do they have to do that? It must be sheer hell to be fighting Windows flaws all the time because you're forced to use Windows and don't have a real good way of switching to Linux. Viruses and anti-spyware and all that god-awful crap.

Apple Corners 5% of U.S. PC Market

Computing is up for a pretty big metamorphosis. Processors and memory are smaller and more powerful. Software is free where it used to exceed the price of all else on the computer. Cell phones will be more powerful next year than desktops were this year. More people will be on the Internet with wireless CLDC 1.1 devices than will be on with desktops sitting on desk tops. Storage is changing from a single discrete disk to a distributed array for cost-cutting. The best applications are available on the Internet, not the box at your retail store. Bandwidth can be handled by the lines but not the backbone, and we're approaching the requirement for a new structure altogether for the global network. Money is not made from the consumer, but from the corporation. This here about Dell is probably as short-lived as anything in tech. Apple is showing the success of things closer to a sexy little 3G cell phone.

Analysts Still Rate Dell a 'Buy' Despite Accounting Errors

Dell is making a smart move toward Linux. They are answering their customer's demands. If a company services its customers, then if something goes wrong, it's not because the company works to serve its customers. I have a fairy tale to tell about what Dell did for me. Others I know have said things about Dell, but I'm a strong proponent of their business division, so I have good things to say about them. They are a reason I am successful.