Re: Dell Ubuntu Laptop

["Jerry Feldman-2" <user=4@nabble.blu.org>]

 On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 11:03:12 -0500 
"Martin Owens" <[hidden email]> wrote: 

> 
> Nah, they're trying to recoup some of the money they've had to invest 
> in the project; they have people working on intergration; not only 
> that but I'd consider the ubuntu laptop to be a premium anyway, since 
> it works better than windows for most peoples needs. 
> 
> So what if Dell creams some money off the top, pretty cheap price for 
> their loyalty really. 

Most companies price to market. I would probably agree with Ward's 
comments. Dell got some pretty decent press as well as kudos from the 
Linux community. Certainly, margins are very important, but I doubt 
they are specifically adding the per-system cost of Ubuntu. However, 
there are several reasons why a Linux laptop might be priced higher 
than an identical piece of hardware with Windows. One possible reason 
is that they really don't want to sell the Linux laptop, but they do 
want to offer it. We don't know what their internal strategy is. 


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