don’t expect Dell, or any company, to report how many sells they had of a particular OS. There is nothing in it for them, and gives the competition unnecessary information. If Dell were to report that Ubuntu is selling at any rate higher than they expected, then how long until you see others following and trying to capture their own piece of the pie? if the pie is too small, then they would know not to spend resources pursuing it.

the only people who benefit from Dell reporting are the guys who flooded the boards begging for linux to be offered. Then they can get into a huge discussion about how they were right or wrong and type away on their homemade box secure in the thought that a linux newbie may have been born. all the while Dell only gets a pat on the back and a few more dollars in it’s balance sheets. Let’s hope they calculate that right, this time.