FOR A SAFER COMPUTING environment Dell thinks you're better off with Ubuntu rather than Microsoft's Windows.
Dell is telling everyone the world would be a much safer place without Windows in the picture. The company's Ubuntu home page tells it like it is on point six of a list of things you wanted to know about Ubuntu but were too afraid to ask. "Ubuntu is safer than Microsoft Windows. The vast majority of viruses and spyware written by hackers are not designed to target and attack Linux."
Dell has been cosying up to open source since bundling Ubuntu on selected PCs since 2007. The company claims on the same page that it is also the number one Ubuntu shipper. "Dell has shipped more computers pre-loaded and pre-tested with Ubuntu than any other computer maker in the world."
Bold claims but in its need to appear to be all things to all men, Dell has badmouthed one of its biggest software bundlers. The link hasn't been taken down yet so we're not sure if the Vole has been alerted to its presence.
