Comments on: Canonical/Ubuntu CEO Mark Shuttleworth Visits Dell

By: Mark Shuttleworth dials it up a notch while Jane Silber takes the lead

Mark Shuttleworth dials it up a notch while Jane Silber takes the lead — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 16:27:42 +0000

[...] for both free software advocates and your typical home user. Once OEMs recognize the fact Ubuntu is superior to the Windows 7 operating system in value, quality, usability, and performance, Microsoft will lack majority market share. Mr. [...]

By: Dell vuelve a ofrecer ordenadores con Linux preinstalado « INATUX

Dell vuelve a ofrecer ordenadores con Linux preinstalado « INATUX — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:26:56 +0000

[...] que no sabemos es si este cambio tendrá algo que ver con la reciente visita que realizó a Dell el CEO de Canonical, y mecenas de Ubuntu, Mark [...]

By: Dell vuelve a ofrecer ordenadores con Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop preinstalado

Dell vuelve a ofrecer ordenadores con Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop preinstalado — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:20:44 +0000

[...] que no sabemos es si este cambio de dirección tendrá algo que ver con la reciente visita que realizó a Dell el CEO de Canonical, y mecenas de Ubuntu, Mark [...]

By: r4 revolution

r4 revolution — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 04:48:02 +0000

Ubuntu and Dell together. Very interesting. It seems that the companies in world are making unions against MS-Intel collaboration. They really do fool a mass of public in world.

By: aikiwolfie

aikiwolfie — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:32:56 +0000

@zman58: Dell posts banners all over it’s web site recommending Microsoft Windows Vista because Microsoft pay for that advertising. It has nothing to do with any technical assessment of the quality of Windows Vista or it’s ability to perform the tasks the customer is asking of it.

In Dells defence. They aren’t doing anything any of the other major PC OEMs aren’t doing. Microsoft pays all of them to post those statements. It’s part of a long running marketing campaign called or refered to as “Marketing Dollars”.

Basically Microsoft pay people and companies to say nice things about their products.

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Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:59:33 +0000

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By: zman58

zman58 — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:15:59 +0000

I must wonder about the Dell relationship with Canonical. The systems Dell provide seem to be second rated with hardware not fully functional. Does Dell recommend Linux? never. What is up with that?
Seems that Dell might be offering Linux only with Microsoft’s blessing and only to help keep anti-trust pressure off of Microsoft and keep customer pressure at bay. That is the extent that Microsoft allows them to provide. They obviously push Microsoft OS very heavily over Linux.
I remain very skeptical and will not buy from DELL until they can demonstrate that they truly support and can recommend Linux right alongside Windows–on their main website and in plain sight for all to see. I want to see them offer, and openly promote, high-end systems with Linux installed. Only then will I be convinced of this relationship.

By: Socceroos

Socceroos — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:13:54 +0000

I agree with aikiwolfie’s statements. I’ve been installing and testing Windows 7 for quite a while now on a large range of machines and all I can say it that it doesn’t feel any different from Vista – apart from UAC not being so prominently annoying.

Boot times *aren’t* anything to write home about, and its memory usage is the same as that of Vista = way too much.

By: Links 27/09/2009: Qt 4.6 Demo; Ubuntu Netbook Remix Karmic | Boycott Novell

Links 27/09/2009: Qt 4.6 Demo; Ubuntu Netbook Remix Karmic | Boycott Novell — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 22:33:51 +0000

[...] Canonical/Ubuntu CEO Mark Shuttleworth Visits Dell Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Canonical and Ubuntu, sat for a video interview with Dell Cloud Computing Evangelist Barton George. In it, Shuttleworth takes a “service pack” shot at Windows 7 and covers numerous questions about Canonical’s business and cloud strategy. Here’s the video — plus some perspectives from WorksWithU. [...]

By: aikiwolfie

aikiwolfie — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 16:37:18 +0000

No it wasn’t. XP and 2000 were initially developed in parallel. XP took longer to develop because it was a merger of the Windows NT and Windows 9.x code base. XP was also supposed to be the end of separate code bases for the desktop client and server OSs.

That is a very different situation to the one we currently have with Windows Vista becoming Windows 7. Windows Vista is actually NT 6.0. Windows 7 is NT 6.1.

The only major difference I can see between Vista and Windows 7 is the look of the desktop. There aren’t any improvements in the start menu navigation, there aren’t any improvements in the control panel layout. setting up wireless networks is still needlessly complicated by “wizards” and in-spite of all the FUD in the media. I personally haven’t noticed a major difference in boot speed either.

On a clean install it feels like a solid OS. But then again every OS I’ve ever used feels solid on a clean installation. Even Windows 3.1 is solid on a clean install. It’s a few weeks and months later the cracks start to show after people have been messing with stuff.

One of the supposed killer features of Windows 7 is it runs XP software. Well XP runs XP software. Which brings us nicely back to XP.

While XP might not have been a major step forward for Windows 2000 users. It was unquestionably a major step forward for Windows 9.x users. Now Windows XP SP2 brought more changes and improvements to XP than Windows 7 is bring to Vista.

So in that sense Windows 7 is clearly a service pack. Or at least it should be. But Microsofts problem is Vista has such a bad reputation they really need a product re-launch. And that is exactly what Windows 7 is.

It’s a re-branding of Vista to entice people into buying it. Remember the Mojave project?

By: Splatter House

Splatter House — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 00:59:09 +0000

XP was a service pack of windows 2000. it was win2k tweaked and bug fixes.

same with win7. SP7 for Vista.

By: Mark Shuttleworth Calls Windows 7 A Nice Service Pack | Unixster

Mark Shuttleworth Calls Windows 7 A Nice Service Pack | Unixster — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 23:47:06 +0000

[...] shot at Windows 7 and covers numerous questions about Canonical’s business and cloud strategy. Here’s the video — plus some perspectives from [...]