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jmke 21st February 2008 10:40

Dell charges more for Ubuntu than Vista
 
DELL HAPPILY ANNOUNCED a new Ubuntu-powered system a couple of days ago.

The penguin posse was delighted, of course, until it found that the once-direct only seller seems to be charging more for machines sporting the open source OS than for those sporting Vista.

http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquir...s-ubuntu-vista

Kougar 21st February 2008 22:15

Second time they have done this, charging more for linux versions of the same computers...

jmke 21st February 2008 22:22

you'd almost think they don't want to sell these PCs to their customers to avoid support calls

Sidney 21st February 2008 22:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by jmke (Post 164879)
you'd almost think they don't want to sell these PCs to their customers to avoid support calls

The charge "is" to pay for support calls.:)

Rutar 22nd February 2008 00:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sidney (Post 164880)
The charge "is" to pay for support calls.:)

that's what I thought too

wutske 22nd February 2008 08:58

Isn't a part of the charge for ubuntu itself ? I know it's free for personal use, but what about selling it with a computer, it commercial and lucrative from Dells point of view ?

jmke 22nd February 2008 10:00

it remains free:)

jakebot 28th February 2008 10:45

more and more i keep thinking about putting that ubuntu disc back into my cmptr

Kougar 29th February 2008 02:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by wutske (Post 164888)
Isn't a part of the charge for ubuntu itself ? I know it's free for personal use, but what about selling it with a computer, it commercial and lucrative from Dells point of view ?

I'm no lawyer, but my understanding is under terms of the GNU license charging for Ubuntu would be a violation, because they are essentially selling a free OS that is in the public domain under licensed to remain free. They would have to bundle it for free, or claim the extra costs is from some other system component or service provided.

piotke 1st March 2008 13:27

I'm sure the ubuntu will be free,but the installation and r&d costs (best drivers, compatible HW, ..) are just as high as for a Windows Based PC. But less buyers is fewer people to split the costs.


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