Linux option won’t save Dell’s marketshare
) says it will offer the Linux operating system as a pre-installed option on new consumer PCs. While I
wrote about this earlier
, it is now coming to fruition. As
Doug mentions here
, though, this move will not do anything to counter Dell’s sliding marketshare right now. I agree completely, and here’s why…
Although Dell’s position here is that the company is “listening to its customers” and now will be offering Linux as an alternative to Microsoft’s Windows Vista operating system, the sliver of Dell customers wanting Linux, at least right now, is largely insignificant. It’s generally known that the vocal minority can have the largest voice, and that is what is happening here.
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