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Official: IBM to gobble Red Hat for $34bn – yes, the enterprise Linux biz

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Re: @rcxb - You may have got it the wrong way around!

"Long time ago Dell has promised Microsoft not to increase demand for Linux."

No, Dell found that Linux was far more expensive to create builds and drivers for and to provide support for than Windows, so it was never more than a niche option on laptops / desktops.

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