Dell resurrects XP

Responding to customer demand Dell has restarted selling new PCs with Windows XP installed on them.
The decision reverses a policy that begun in January that meant Windows Vista was the only operating system available on almost all new home machines.
The change came after Dell’s feedback site was inundated with calls for the […]

Dell heeds users and rolls out Linux

Computer giant Dell will start to sell PCs preinstalled with open source Linux operating systems, the firm has said.
Dell has announced it had chosen to offer Linux in response to customer demand.
Earlier in the year, 100,000 people took part in a Dell survey. More than 70% of those questioned said they would […]

Dell Customers Want Linux and Open Office

The OpenOffice project has published an open letter to Dell chief exec, Michael Dell calling for him to bundle OpenOffice with new Dell systems.
“Let’s have a conversation about how we could build an ‘OpenOffice.org supplied by Dell’ product to give your customers what they are asking for,” the group’s marketing lead John McCreesh […]

Dell gunning for ex-employees

Dell has filed a legal action in a US court in Houston against a number of people who, it’s alleged breached its copyright.
Those concerned are listed below:
This Old Store, Inc., Thomas Santilli, John Ashby A/K/A John Wiley, Jason Reese, Geodygm, Llc, Matthew Mowen, Blue Tooth Communications, Eag Holdings, Llc, Edward Gerald, I-Net Communications, […]