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Ärende: Re: For Dell, industry standard now includes Linux
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From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"@the field.near the bridge">

/m wrote:
> http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020330,39273865,00.htm
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> Long hailed as the provider of choice for companies looking for PC
> solutions based on Intel hardware and Microsoft software, Dell says that
> Linux now makes up 25 percent of its enterprise market.
>


what I found most interesting was the steady feedback/virtuous cycle linux is
now getting into e.g.

""Now we are in the process of approving Novell/SUSE Linux as a 'Tier 1'
offering. [We are doing] a tremendous amount of testing, validation and
certification for Red Hat and SUSE, as well as offering first and second level
support for customers on the hardware and the operating system.""

I have seen similar comments now from box shifters like dell through to
component makers in Taiwan following on from pressure such as:

"The Central Trust of China (Taiwan) has mandated for the first time that all
desktop computers purchased from now on must be Linux-compatible, demonstrating
the government's desire to widen the nation's usage of open source software.
Central Trust is in charge of purchasing computers and other equipment for
government agencies and schools.

About 120,000 desktops will be procured by the Central Trust under this new
guideline.

"In the past, some of the procured computers did not support Linux, therefore
this new mandate signifies the government's push to reduce reliance on the
Windows operating system," Mike Lin, a consultant at the Taipei Computer
Association said.

Thirty-three desktop models from hardware vendors including Acer, Asustek,
Lenovo and Hewlett-Packard Taiwan, were certified Linux-compatible, while four
models each from Gigabyte Technology and Synnex Technology International were
still under evaluation, according to the newspaper report.

In the legislative session held late last year, legislators reached an
additional consensus that there should be a 25 percent cut of procurement
budget on Microsoft's products across all government agencies. In response,
Microsoft Taiwan Corp yesterday said that it respected the government's
decision for the Linux inclusion into desktops, as long as the market is
competing on a fair ground."


Adam

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