Dell Censors IdeaStorm Linux Dissent

thefickler writes "It seems pointless to seek ideas and feedback if you're going to ignore and delete the opinions you don't like. That's exactly what Dell is doing with its IdeaStorm website, which the company set up to solicit such ideas and feedback. Dell deleted a post linking to an article that criticizes its handling of the 'pre-installed Linux' issue."

Ahh.

[Anonymous Coward]

See something you don't like? Suppress it!

Go ahead, mod me down, fuckers. Your mother is a Java programmer.

Dude

[smitty97]

Dude, you bought a [DELETED]

There are more civil ways

[pilgrim23]

Michael Dell is back as the Chairman... Steve Balmer is a chairman..

chair and chair alike.....

Re:Dude

[Anonymous Coward]

Dude, I'm going to jail!

http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/02/10/dell.dude.arrest /index.html [cnn.com]

Re:Ahh.

[Evilest Doer]

Go ahead, mod me down, fuckers. Your mother is a Java programmer.

Oh yeah! Well, your dad thinks Windows 3.1 is an operating system! And your mother likes coding in BASIC! And I'm not even going to begin with what you and your sister do every night in the basement with that Amiga!

Re:Ideas or Criticism

[Ogive17]

Ahh, a linux snob!

Re:Ahh.

[644bd346996]

Actually, my mom does like coding in BASIC. My grandmother was more of a punch-card woman, though.

Re:Right place, right time

[truthsearch]

Hey, give BadAnalogyGuy a break. He's just trying to live up to his name.

Re:Ahh.

[whargoul]

Do we need to whine and complain as well?

Welcome to Slashdot!

Re:Ahh.

[Anonymous Coward]

My mother plays Gameboy.

No, that's not a dirty thing at all.

Re:Dell laptops cost MORE w/ no OS than w/ Windows

[Evilest Doer]

So it seems that Windows has a negative price tag as far as Dell is concerned!

So, by the "logic" of the Mafiaa, if I pirate Windows, then I am actually increasing revenue for Micro$oft!

Has Dell Ever Really Supported Linux

[Greyfox]

Seems like we get all excited about some linux strategy or other over there and then they come out a week later and say "No no we're not really doing that for YOU! Just our customers whose sales figures look like a phone number."

From my personal experience we don't need no freaking support from them anyway. The last Dell laptop I used didn't completely blow donkey balls when I installed Linux on it. I was able to get high resolution, the docking station, wireless and the ethernet cards to work and was able to spin the fans up from sofware for when I ran Wine (Which always seems to want to cause a meltdown.) It also didn't give me third degree penis burns when I tried to use it in my lap. You always had plenty of warning when Wine was heating the machine up to penis boiling temperatures.

I don't see why their company policy with Linux can't just be "Probably won't suck donkey balls. Won't boil your penis," and leave it at that. I mean really, we're linux people, what more do we really need?

Of course these days I'm quite happy with the PPC Powermac I use. It never gets more than warm, wireless and ssh worked right out of the box and I didn't feel a burning urge to replace the OS the moment I turned it on. So sorry, Dell, even though your product doesn't suck donkey balls and doesn't boil my penis, the guys with the black tee shirts and the hair mousse still win.