Dell’s Linux Ads: Microsoft’s Nightmare Before Christmas?
For at least the third time in recent weeks, prominent Dell newspaper advertisements feature the Inspiron Mini 9 Netbook running Canonical’s Ubuntu 8.04 (that’s a small Linux notebook, folks). The VAR Guy hears Microsoft “has gone postal” over the Linux notebook ads. You might even say this is Microsoft’s nightmare before Christmas. Here’s the complete scoop.
The VAR Guy first noticed Dell’s newspaper inserts featuring the Inspiron Mini 9 running Ubuntu in October. Different versions of the ad seem to arrive at The VAR Guy’s front door each Sunday. The latest Ubuntu Netbook ad was part of a Dell multi-page insert that shipped with Newsday (Long Island’s largest newspaper) on Nov. 16.
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