En febrero, Dell lanzo el portal IdeaStorm, un lugar donde los consumidores contribuían ideas acerca de los productos que ofrecían. Una de las fuertes peticiones que se hacían hay, era que los consumidores querían tener el derecho de poder escoger el Sistema Operativo para su Desktop o Laptop.

En Dell este es el fragmento del comunicado oficial.

As part of an overall effort to update our Linux program, today we are announcing a partnership with Canonical to offer Ubuntu on select consumer desktop and notebook products.

Y por Canonical

LONDON, 1st May 2007 – Canonical and Dell are pleased to announce a partnership to offer Ubuntu 7.04 on select desktop and notebook products. This is a tremendous step forward for Ubuntu, our users and customers.

We believe that Dell’s decision is a strong endorsement of Ubuntu and to the work of many in coding, translating and promoting open source software. It is also testament to the demand that exists for Ubuntu.

Canonical is honoured to play a leading role in making Linux more widely available to everyone.

Esto es un increíble paso hacia la expansión del Software Libre.

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