"Dell trying to promote Ubuntu, doing a terribly poor job"

[Favux]

This thread is so pointless I am wondering if it is some sort of performance art send up of "Waiting for Godot". Is some absurdist playwright going to take credit?

[alexfish]

This thread is so pointless I am wondering if it is some sort of performance art send up of "Waiting for Godot". Is some absurdist playwright going to take credit?

time to put pointless to bed,

private enterprise have their goals , else it fails.

[Paqman]

So you prefer Dell or any of the OEMs not to make a start. So we should write to them and ask them to stop.

As someone said earlier "dammed if they do, dammed if they don't, unbelievable.

Don't be silly, no one is telling them to stop. We're telling them to do it more, and better.

Are you happy with how Dell have handled their Linux lineup over the last few years? I'm not, their policy is that individual regional managers can offer Linux if they want, but there's no cohesive vision, no budget and no additional support available for them if they do.

That's planning to fail in my book. As an ex-military man and a business man you'd have to agree that any kind of venture that lacks a clear plan, leadership and resources is doomed.

[stalkingwolf]

looks like they might already have stopped. this from a chat just minutes ago with dell.

we no longer have vostro in our lines, this is usually from our Small & Medium Business chat lines.
09:12:07 AM Agent
XPS13 we do have but not with Ubuntu preinstalled
09:12:24 AM Customer
i see so those models will only be used for "business"? and all others only for "home" use
09:12:44 AM Agent
would you like me to provide you with our Small & Medium business chat servcie?
09:13:04 AM Agent
They do handle vostro systems but i cant assure you that we have ubuntu preinstalled

[screaminj3sus]

looks like they might already have stopped. this from a chat just minutes ago with dell.

I honestly wouldn't be surprised if a lot of their support agents just don't know about the sputnik project, the project is technically still in "beta".

[llanitedave]

I don't really understand the concept of offering a product or service, even experimentally, and then failing to market it.

In today's manufacturing/sales world, manufacturing and marketing are inextricably linked. It's nearly impossible to sell something you haven't marketed, particularly if you're making an effort at the same time marketing something else.

I get the feeling that some factions within Dell are deliberately undermining other factions.

[Erik1984]

Thank you for proving my point.

So the point is: if a company preloads devices with Linux we are not allowed to comment on the way they advertise and support those devices.

[Sef]

This thread as has already been pointed out is going nowhere fast (or slow), so locked.