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Date:      Tue, 13 Mar 2007 16:17:57 -0500
From:      "Nikolas Britton" <nikolas.britton@gmail.com>
To:        "Julian Stacey" <jhs@berklix.org>
Cc:        freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Fwd: Dell is asking what free OS to preinstall
Message-ID:  <ef10de9a0703131417l6c5f67d2r2ba63449dda6fb39@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <200703132028.l2DKSN8E085575@fire.jhs.private>
References:  <e8b5dfd50703131232s36327cb2w1530887698a2a48d@mail.gmail.com> <200703132028.l2DKSN8E085575@fire.jhs.private>

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On 3/13/07, Julian Stacey <jhs@berklix.org> wrote:
> > 2007/3/13, Peter A. Giessel <pgiessel@mac.com>:
> > > Dell is actually asking what Linux Distro to install, but if enough of us
> > > ask for preinstalled FreeBSD, it might get them thinking about FreeBSD and
> > > looking into providing support and especially drivers in the future.
>
> Tue Mar 13 21:28:11 CET 2007
> That URL http://www.dell.com/linuxsurvey
> results in:
>
> http://www.dell.com/content/topics/survey.aspx/ss?ssid=OeAjvuto67E~&s=corp
> We have encountered a problem while processing the page you requested.
> If you experience any technical problems with your shopping experience
> at dell.com, please contact one of our trained sales representatives
> at 1-800-WWW-DELL to quickly complete your transaction. Or contact
> us about the problem you have encountered.
>

Their website is being slashdotted right now. When you do finally get
to the survey select "Community Supported: Ubuntu" for the last
question. Ubuntu is based on Debian... Debian  in many respects is
equivalent to FreeBSD.



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