Dell's 'BlackTop' is Based on SLED 10: Does Dell Pay Microsoft for GNU/Linux?
Dr. Roy Schestowitz
2008-08-14 11:49:22 UTC
Modified: 2008-08-14 11:49:54 UTC
Dell has begun booting GNU/Linux 'by default' on many of its new laptops. However, it was disappointing to find this information in an article which looks at Dell's exciting new technology:
The OS itself is based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10...
That's not how GNU/Linux is supposed to happen and its adoption come about. As the Infinite Hands song goes, there's no room for Microsoft, for SCO, or for anybody else to control, to charge and to manipulate GNU/Linux. They sure will try. It's a form of market distortion. Novell welcomes this distortion. Maybe it's part of a plan. ⬆
They don't care about the users and issuing a few bytes with random characters costs them next to nothing. It gives them control over billions of human beings.
If even one media outlet told you in 2010 that Microsoft would fall from 100% (of Web requests) to about 1 in 8 Web requests, you'd probably struggle to believe it