An article on NewsForge described the phrase "[OEM] recommends Windows [version]" as the "Mark of the Microsoft Beast" http://trends.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/07/25/2018237
and mentions how its part of a MS-OEM "marketing agreement" (IOW, MS pays them to say that) and specifically mentions Dell, Lenovo, HP and Acer.
The next indicator of progress towards resolving Bug #1 will be to watch for the "Mark" to drop off the websites of various OEMs...
http:// i.dell. com/images/ us/segments/ dhs/ubuntu_ banner_ 728x400. jpg
Just beautiful :)
I note however that the page on which the image appears: www.dell. com/content/ topics/ segtopic. aspx/ubuntu? c=us&cs= 19&l=en& =
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has an error on it:
"Dell recommends Windows Vista™ Home Premium."
An article on NewsForge described the phrase "[OEM] recommends Windows [version]" as the "Mark of the Microsoft Beast" trends. newsforge. com/article. pl?sid= 06/07/25/ 2018237
http://
and mentions how its part of a MS-OEM "marketing agreement" (IOW, MS pays them to say that) and specifically mentions Dell, Lenovo, HP and Acer.
The next indicator of progress towards resolving Bug #1 will be to watch for the "Mark" to drop off the websites of various OEMs...