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1. Comment - Dell changes its Windows vs. Linux netbook strategy, plans new subsidized model

   (May 14, 2009 - 9:09 AM)

   Correction to the article: It's Ubuntu 8.04, not 8.0.4. The version numbers reflect when it was released - the 04th month of 2008.
   
   @sturgess: I have no idea what you're talking about, or who these "bad people" are.
   
   Ubuntu is a high-quality operating system that is developed primarily by Canonical, with contributions from several other large companies, and given away for free as part of a marketing strategy. Canonical figures, correctly, that if people start using Ubuntu at home, they will start using it for business - and businesses tend to buy support contracts for their software which is where Canonical makes money. Canonical also sells its Landscape software that makes it easy for system administrators to work with a large number of Ubuntu machines. And finally, Canonical sells training programs, books, desktop software, customisation services and even caps and t-s***s with the Ubuntu logo on them.
   
   Ubuntu is both high-quality AND cheaper than Windows; it's only cheaper than Windows because the free software is an incentive for businesses to buy those other services for the Ubuntu platform. Maybe you should download the latest version of Ubuntu and give it a try?