[brluglist] LIGO - was M$ pressured Dell into stopping sales of Linux on desktops and laptops (found on /.)

[Mat Branyon]

shannon mentioned running ms apps on linux... if you want to do that, you
should probably take a look at wine... it takes a bit to get goin, but it
does run a good bit of windows apps... not all though. i think there is a
list, but im not sure where, probably on sourcefourge.net...

-mat
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shannon Roddy" <sroddy at ligo-la.caltech.edu>
To: <brluglist at brlug.net>
Cc: <smarka at ligo-la.caltech.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 9:39 PM
Subject: [brluglist] LIGO - was M$ pressured Dell into stopping sales of
Linux on desktops and laptops (found on /.)


> My hatred for M$ just grew exponentially!
>
> BTW folks, I have just about been completely absent from everything
besides
> school and work lately.  Sorry if I have let any of my commitments fall
> through the cracks...  Work has been unbearable lately.  Not to mention
> that I got 93 emails today, with ~80 of them being legitimate!
>
> BTW for those interested, the April issue Scientific American has an
> article on LIGO (where I work in Livingston).  I would recommend buying a
> copy if you are remotely interested in it.  On page 65 is a picture of a
> good friend of mine that is from Hungary.  In fact if any of you frequent
> Albashas off of Corporate or Chimes by LSU you may bump into him when he
is
> not traveling between Hanford, WA, his home in Hungary, or his present
home
> in Pasadena (CalTech).
>
> Szabi - Sorry I missed you at chimes tonight, but Laura was ready to go
> home before you got there... Tomorrow maybe.
>
> Later,
> Shannon
>
> > This ain't right. We should be able to buy computers
> > with our choice of operating systems on them. The
> > following article shows evidence that Micro$oft
> > pressured Dell into stopping the sales of desktops and
> > laptops with Linux on them. The last company I worked
> > for bought a Dell server with RedHat 6.2 on it and we
> > were very happy about it. But, I'm sure Dell customer
> > records are private, so how are we gonna know the
> > truth?
> >
> > John Hebert
> >
> > http://www.eweek.com/article/0,3658,s=1884&a=24242,00.asp
> >
> > "Kuney introduced a Microsoft memo to Ballmer, from
> > the spring of 2000, that called into question Dell
> > Computer Corp.'s backing of Linux. The memo said it
> > was "untenable that a Windows Premier Partner would be
> > promoting Linux." A subsequent memo, from early 2001,
> > showed that Dell had disbanded its Linux business
> > unit, laid off the head of the unit and dispersed the
> > talent, Kuney said. He introduced other similar memos
> > regarding Compaq Computer Corp.'s Linux push and
> > Microsoft's alleged pressure on Compaq to "meet demand
> > but not help create demand" for Linux.
> >
> > Kuney continued to bang the drum over Microsoft's
> > alleged pressure on OEMs by introducing a summer 2000
> > memo from Microsoft's former OEM chieftain Joachim
> > Kempin to Gates. "I'm thinking of hitting the OEMs
> > harder than in the past with anti-Linux. ... They
> > should do a delicate dance," Kempin said in the note.
> > Those who did not dance to Microsoft's tune would be
> > hit with restricted source code deliveries, Kuney told
> > the courtroom. Gates forwarded the Kempin memo to
> > Ballmer, without questioning such strategies, Kuney
> > added."
> >
> >
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